The Lowest Heaven (Alastair Reynolds) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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I’d be making charts of the things I saw there, the dark stars and explosions. There’d be worms the size of trains. I knew it, despairing with desire. There were mysteries in the Earth, and wonders.

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Detail from one of a set of 12 hand-tinted astronomical prints with explanatory cards. This image represents a section of the Earth and its atmosphere at the equator, drawn by John Emslie and published by James Reynolds. The oceans and continents are indicated, as are some islands and volcanoes. (1846)