《A Life of Matter and Death 》作者：- Brian W. Aldiss【EPUB】

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A LIFE OF MATTER AND DEATH By Brian Aldiss A Novel in One Chapter 1 Very well. Here I sit looking out over the sea, on this little rag of an island, Uskair. I may as well tell the story, though a new generation, growing up since the Odonata arrived on Earth, will find it incredible. Do you wonder why I have hesitated until now? Because it isn't really my story. It's my brother's. Yes, my brother Alec. The Man Who Changed the World, damn him. * * * * Last year, before I decided to settle here for keeps, my business took me to one of the great northern cities, chief among those of the prosperous world. From the air, it seemed a place of beauty, from ground level often horrifying. From the city's government and economic centre, the destinies of billions of people round the globe were decided, yet the population was still not under control. The problem of the living remained, though the problem of the dead had been solved. To the man who had solved that problem, a statue stood in one of the main squares. On the plinth were the simple words: ALEC GREYLORN 1975-2026 He Brought a Cleansing Force To Human Affairs My brother's figure stood in bronze, and on his shoulder was an Odonata. Many cities have erected similar memorials. All his fortune went to institutions; only the island came to me, the younger brother he spurned