"Robert A. Metzger - The Stars My Incarnation" - читать интересную книгу автора (Metzger Robert)

little-known science-fiction writer of the reversed, and 200 years later the Sun would
achieved self-awareness and decided to head
early twenty-first century who had the great come to a halt in the Centauri system. The
off for the Centauri system. It was then that
misfortune of getting published in a journal whole trip would consume only about 1% of
they reconstructed what was left of my mind,
called Nature.” the Sun’s mass.
hoping that I could help shut down the Sun’s
The priest hid his face in his hands, and “Of course it wouldn’t be an easy trip.
desire for a new home. Of course, I couldn’t.
shuddered. “You gave us the stars, showed us Even under that gentle acceleration the big
Between the quakes, the comet impacts
where our destiny lay.” outer planets would be left behind, and
and the skewed orbit, intelligent life barely
I sighed, this time the speaker emitting a Earth’s circular orbit would be turned into an
survived the trip.”
bark that sounded like a car backfiring. ellipse. As a result, half of the year the planet
“And now we flourish,” said the priest.
“Every time one of you wakes me up, I try to would freeze and the other half it would
“And we wish to tell You of our further
explain this to you, try to make it clear, try to bake. It seemed to me that the easiest way to
achievements.”
set the record straight, but none of you seems get the job done would be if the Sun first
It was always like this. They listened, but
to get it.” achieved self-awareness.”
never really heard me. “So what’s new?”
“We are not worthy,” he said as he “Your Vision was made real.”
“We plan a wondrous journey.”
dropped to the crystal floor, grinding his “Yes. I died back in 2027, the result of a
“Oh?”
nose into its rainbow-coloured surface. Man-versus-Speeding-Bus event. They iced
“What few organics remain have decided
“I’ll try once again,” I said, doubtful that me down, keeping me in cold storage for
to transfer their consciousness into the Sun’s
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photospheric magnetic matrix. Once the
transfer is complete, we will resume the Sun’s
journey, moving toward the Galactic Centre,
transferring a portion of ourselves into each
star we pass.”
“I’d also mentioned that in the Nature
piece, hadn’t I?” I asked.
The priest nodded.
And I knew what would finally come.
Each and every star would eventually achieve
self-awareness, each setting off on its own