"Jack Williamson - Hole In The World" - читать интересную книгу автора (Williamson Jack)

organic. Your eyes are perfectly normal."

"But I've still got the spot." He sat blinking at it. "It's bigger now, turning
yellow."

"It's nothing physical." Kroman shrugged at his anxiety. "Nothing at all. If
you're really concerned, you might talk to a good psychologist."

"I am concerned. When I look past your head, all I see is a hole in the wall."

"Really?" Kroman chuckled as if at a joke and popped a breath-saver into his
mouth.

"Doctor, I'm not crazy!" He squinted at Kroman, who was suddenly headless. "Not
that crazy."

"I don't say you are." Kroman smothered another chuckle. "I'm no psychiatrist,
but you shouldn't hesitate if you think you need help. A mental condition is no
disgrace today."

The nurse was at the door, urgently beckoning.

"Solipsism!" Kroman started after her and turned back. "Ever hear of that? The
philosophic theory that the self is the only reality. The rest of the world only
illusion. Logically, you can't prove the existence of anything outside yourself.
All you really know, or think you know, is what you see and hear and feel. The
rest could be hallucination. A fascinating notion, don't you think?"

A cold fist had clenched on his stomach. He felt too sick to think.

"If your problem persists -- " Kroman's voice was a far-off drone he hardly
heard. "You might want to consult a competent neurologist. The mind's still a
mystery. Even the senses are sometimes tricky. You can still feel the fingers of
an amputated arm."

The nurse beckoned again, but Kroman wasn't through.

"Think about it, sir! Just think about it. For all you could prove, God may have
created your whole world exclusively for you."

He tried not to think about it. When the nurse came back to show him out, he
wanted to kid her about the heat in her fire-colored hair, but the spot had
blotted it out.

"Solipsism!" The word haunted him down to his car. "Solipsism."


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