Ben Bova - Colony
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The Earth has been poisoned by pollution, choked by
overpopulation, and ravaged by the mindless greed of
power-hungry corporations. A fragile peace is
threatened by landless revolutionaries and global
anarchy seems imminent.
yet a single ray of hope remains. . .
Island One is a celestial utopia, and David Adams is its
most perfect creation--a man with a brain as advanced
as any computer and a body free of human frailties.
But David is a prisoner--a captive of the colony that
created him--destined to spend the days of his life in an
island-sized cylinder that circles a doomed and
desperate home planet. Thousands of miles below him,
a world trembles; its people cringe in terror and despair
in anticipation of an impending apocalypse. And as
Earth's boundaries, fate has cast one extraordinary
human in the role of savior. For David Adams gas a
plan--one that will ultimately ensure the salvation of
most perfect creation--a man with a brain as advanced
as any computer and a body free of human frailties.
But David is a prisoner destined to spend the days of
his life in an island-sized cylinder that circles a
doomed and desperate home planet. And as the flames
of war and revolt reach out far beyond the Earth's
boundaries, Fate has cast one extraordinary human in
the role of savior. For David Adams has a plan--one
that will ultimately
Colony
Ben Bova
1978
CHAPTER 2
BOOK TWO
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 11
BOOK THREE
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
BOOK FOUR
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 33
BOOK FIVE
CHAPTER 36
EPILOGUE
BOOK ONE
May, 2008 A.D.
WORLD POPULATION:
7.25 BILLION
The concept, the design, and even the term "Island
One" stem from research led by Professor Gerard
O'Neill at the old Princeton University back in the
Seventies. He originally envisioned Island One as a
space colony up at the Moon's orbit, constructed in
empty space out of materials scooped from the Moon's
surface. His colony would house ten thousand
permanent residents. It was huge by the standards of
the 1970s, and people gaped at the idea. But actually
his Island One was no more massive than the
at it but not the corporations. And right around the
turn of the century, when they finally decided to build
a colony in space, the corporations made O'Neill's
thinking look small.
—Cyrus S. Cobb,
Tapes for an unauthorized autobiography
"Slow down!" she called. "I'm only a city girl."
David Adams stopped and turned back toward her.
They were climbing a grassy slope that wasn't very
steep. Young slim-boled maples and birches stood
every few feet, so that you could grab them and pull
yourself along.
But Evelyn was out of breath and starting to feel
angry. He's showing off, she thought. The muscular
young male in his Garden of Eden.
Laughing, David extended a hand toward her. "You
said you wanted to see the whole colony."
"Yes," Evelyn said, puffing, "but I don't want to get
a heart attack doing it."
Grasping her wrist firmly, he helped pull her up
along the climbing path. "It gets easier up ahead. The
gravity slackens off. And the view is worth the effort."
David reminded her of the Hawaiian beachboys
who had invaded England's holiday resorts lately: the
same strong, sleek body; the same wide-boned
handsome face with the big bright smile. He was
dressed for the outdoors, something Evelyn had never
expected: rough shorts, loose-fitting sleeveless shirt
open to show his smooth muscular chest, soft-skinned
hiking boots. Her own short-skirted business suit
looked perfectly proper in an office or a restaurant or
anywhere civilized, but out here it was terribly out of
place. She had already taken off the vest and stuffed it
into her shoulderbag, but still she was overheated and
sweating like an animal.
That smile of his is dazzling, though. There was
something else about him, too, something . . . different.
Could he be the one? she asked herself. Could I have
stumbled onto him already? What a coincidence that
he'd be assigned to be my guide. But another voice in
combination. And the slightly olive cast to his skin: a
Mediterranean gene. Can they engineer your
complexion, too? Still, there's something. . . . He's got
that filmstar look to him, Evelyn realized. Too perfect.
Not a thing out of place. No blemishes, no scars. Even
his teeth are white and straight.
"Careful here," David said. He slid an arm around
her waist to help her jump over a tiny gurgling brook
that cut across their path.
"Thanks," Evelyn murmured, disengaging his arm.
He knows he's a hunk, she told herself. Don't let that
angel face take you in, old girl.
Silently they climbed through thinning stands of
oak and spruce, all neatly arranged, evenly spaced.
Like his bloody teeth. They should have sent a
blooming Girl Scout on this job, not a reporter.
David watched her as they climbed the steadily
ascending path. Why did Cobb pick me to show her
around? he asked himself. Does he think so little of the
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TheEarthhasbeenpoisonedbypollution,chokedbyoverpopulation,andravagedbythemindlessgreedofpower-hungrycorporations.Afragilepeaceisthreatenedbylandlessrevolutionariesandglobalanarchyseemsimminent.yetasinglerayofhoperemains...IslandOneisacelestialutopia,andDavidAdamsisitsmostperfectcreation--amanwithabr...
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时间：2024-12-06
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