"Arcady And Boris Strugatsky. Prisoners of Power" - читать интересную книгу автора

under this opinion. Fire-resistant pants."
He studied the next page: "Abstract of the Trial Stenogram.Abstract of
the Trial Stenogram. H'm, what's all this for?"

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: You wouldn't deny that you are an educated man?
DEFENDANT: I am educated, but I have a very poor understanding of
history, sociology, and economics.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: Don't be modest. Are you familiar with this book?
DEFENDANT: Yes.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: Have you read it?
DEFENDANT: Of course.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: Why, while in prison, under surveillance, did you
read the monograph Tensor Calculation and Modem Physics?
Tensor Calculation and Modem Physics?
DEFENDANT: I don't understand your question. For entertainment, I
suppose. It has some very imaginative pages.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: I think it is obvious to the Court that only a
very educated man would read such a highly specialized work for
entertainment and pleasure.

"What kind of rubbish is this? Why palm off this junk on me? Now, what
else have we here?"

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE: Do you know what funds the All-Powerful
Creators allocate to fight juvenile crime?
DEFENDANT: What is juvenile crime? Crimes committed against children?
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE: No. Crimes committed by children.
DEFENDANT: I don't understand. Children cannot commit crimes.

"Amusing. Now, let's see what we have at the end."

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE: I hope I have succeeded in demonstrating to
the Court my client's naivetй, which amounts to downright imbecility. The
ideas of juvenile delinquency, philanthropy, and welfare assistance j are
completely unknown to him.

The prosecutor smiled and put aside the page. "Yes, I see, Really a
strange combination: mathematics and physics for pleasure, but doesn't know
the simplest things. Exactly like an eccentric professor from some trashy
novel."
The prosecutor studied several more pages. "Mac, I can't understand why
you are so attached to this - what's her name? - Rada Gaal. You aren't on
intimate terms with her; you owe her nothing; you have nothing in common
with her. That idiotic prosecuting attorney is trying without success to
implicate her in the underground. But, Mac, my boy, one gets the impression
that if she's kept within gunsight, you can be compelled to do anything we
damn please. For us that's very useful, but most awkward for you. What all
this testimony amounts to is that you are a slave to your word and an
inflexible person. You'll never make a politician. And why should you?
Photographs. You're quite handsome. Nice face - very, very nice. Your eyes