日本科幻文学 经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第15章2

经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第15章2  

It is built on the fragmented remains of an eventually ruined pla which is (wioll haven be) enclosed in a vast time bubble and projected forward in time to the precise moment of the End of the Universe.
This is
many would say
impossible.
In it
guests take (willan on-take) their places at table and eat (willan on-eat) sumptuous meals whilst watching (willing watchen) the whole of creation explode around them.
This is
many would say
equally impossible.
You can arrive (mayan arivan on-when) for any sitting you like without prior (late fore-when) reservation because you can book retrospectively
as it were when you return to your own time. (you can have on-book haventa forewhen presooning returningwenta retrohome.)
This is
many would now insist
absolutely impossible. At the Restaurant you can meet and dine with (mayan meetan con with dinan on when) a fascinating cross-section of the entire population of space and time.
This
it can be explained patiently
is also impossible.
You can visit it as many times as you like (mayan on-visit re-onvisiting… and so on – for further tense-corrections consult Dr. Streetmentioner’s book) and be sure of never meeting yourself
because of the embarrassment this usually causes.
This
even if the rest were true
which it isn’t
is patently impossible
say the doubters. All you have to do is deposit one penny in a savings account in your own era
and when you arrive at the End of Time the operation of pound interest means that the fabulous cost of your meal has been paid for.
This
many claim
is not merely impossible but clearly insane
which is why the advertising executives of the star system of Bastablon came up with this slogan: “If you’ve done six impossible things this morning
why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways
the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?”