科幻小说从哪儿看齐 经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第29章1

经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第29章1  

Chapter 29
On a small obscure world somewhere in the middle of nowhere in particular – nowhere
that is
that could ever be found
since it is protected by a vast field of unprobability to which only six men in this galaxy have a key – it was raining.
It was bucketing down
and had been for hours. It beat the top of the sea into a mist
it pounded the trees
it churned and slopped a stretch of scrubby land near the sea into a mudbath.
The rain pelted and danced on the corrugated iron roof of the small shack that stood in the middle of this patch of scrubby land. It obliterated the small rough pathway that led from the shack down to the seashore and smashed apart the neat piles of interesting shells which had been placed there.
The noise of the rain on the roof of the shack was deafening within
but went largely unnoticed by its occupant
whose attention was otherwise engaged.
He was a tall shambling man with rough straw-coloured hair that was damp from the leaking roof. His clothes were shabby
his back was hunched
and his eyes
though open
seemed closed.
In his shack was an old beaten-up armchair
an old scratched table
an old mattress
some cushions and a stove that was small but warm.
There was also an old and slightly weatherbeaten cat
and this was currently the focus of the man’s attention. He bent his shambling form over it.
“Pussy
pussy
pussy
” he said
“coochicoochicoochicoo… pussy want his fish? Nice piece of fish… pussy want it?”