"Bud Sparhawk - Frost" - читать интересную книгу автора (Sparhawk Bud)

Would I be as calm if I were suddenly to find myself reviving an alien creature? Would I be
able to confront an alien with such calm and aplomb?

"I am from the High Brasilia, in near Earth orbit," I respond. "And whom do I have the honor of
addressing?"

"My name is Paula," she replies with a nonchalant wave of her hand in the direction of the
smaller alien. "And this is my... husband, Paul. We welcome you to the Christmas season and
wish to have you help us celebrate."

There is a rote quality to her voice, as if she has said this many times before, but that
question pales when I wonder how there could be a Christmas celebration here? This question
makes my confusion worse. Just who am I?

I'd easily recalled my name and where I had lived. But the reasons that I'd traveled frozen
into the far future, never to return, was still unknown. No matter how I try, I cannot bring
About the author

Bud Sparhawk's rather more cheerful stories and articles have appeared frequently in
ANALOG, Asimov's, and other US magazines as well as anthologies, two more of which will
appear later this year. This autumn his first published novel will appear. He has been a
three-time finalist (1998, 2002 and 2006) in the SFWA Nebula's Novella category. More (and
possibly