Three essays beginning with the date arranged by Zhang's boss, then moving through Baffin Island and Nanjing into the novel's many small futures: lives changed without becoming material for one hero's rise.
Maureen F. McHugh's 1992 novel. Full-book spoilers.
Zhang and San-xiang meet inside a kindness neither can freely refuse.
Arctic consequences make an unrecognized technician's knowledge visible.
Several modest victories keep the future from becoming one person's achievement.
三篇从老板替张中山安排的约会出发，经过巴芬岛与南京，进入小说由许多小未来组成的结尾：生命发生改变，却没有成为一个英雄上升的材料。
莫琳·F·麦克休1992年小说。涉及完整剧情。
三篇從老闆替張中山安排的約會出發，經過巴芬島與南京，進入小說由許多小未來組成的結尾：生命發生改變，卻沒有成為一個英雄上升的材料。
莫琳·F·麥克休1992年小說。涉及完整劇情。