"Herbert, Frank - Destination Void 2 - The Jesus Incident" - читать интересную книгу автора (Herbert Brian & Frank)

1. Destination Void
-> 2. The Jesus Incident
3. The Lazarus Effect
4. The Ascension Factor





The Jesus Incident

Frank Herbert
Bill Ransom

1979 (16th printing 1987)





There is a gateway to the imagination you must enter before you are conscious and the keys to the gate are symbols. You can carry ideas through the gate . . . but you must carry the ideas in symbols.

-- Raja Flattery, Chaplain/Psychiatrist


SOMETHING WENT "Tick."

He heard it quite distinctly -- a metallic sound. There it went again: "Tick."

He opened his eyes and was rewarded with darkness, an absolute lack of radiant energy . . . or of receptors to detect energy.

Am I blind?

"Tick."

He could not place the source, but it was out there -- wherever out there was. The air felt cold in his throat and lungs. But his body was warm. He realized that he lay very lightly on a soft surface. He was breathing. Something tickled his nose, a faint odor of . . . pepper?

"Tick."

He cleared his throat. "Anybody there?"

No answer. Speaking hurt his throat.

What am I doing here?

The soft surface beneath him curved up around his shoulders to support his neck and head. It encased hips and legs. This was familiar. It ignited distant associations. It was . . . what? He felt that he should know about such a surface.

After all, I . . .

"Tick."