《The Legend That Was Earth》作者： - James P. Hogan【EPUB】

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The Legend That Was Earth by James P. Hogan This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. Copyright ?? 2000 by James P. Hogan All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. A Baen Books Original Baen Publishing Enterprises P.O. Box 1403 Riverdale, NY 10471 www.baen.com ISBN: 0-671-31945-0 Cover art by Dru Blair First printing, October 2000 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hogan, James P. The legend that was Earth / James P. Hogan. p. cm. “A Baen Books original”—T.p. verso ISBN 0-671-31945-0 1. Human–alien encounters—Fiction. I. Title. PR6058.O348 L4 2000 823’.914—dc21 00-042926 Distributed by Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Production by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH Printed in the United States of America BAEN BOOKS by JAMES P. HOGAN Inherit the Stars The Genesis Machine The Gentle Giants of Ganymede The Two Faces of Tomorrow Giants’ Star Voyage from Yesteryear Code of the Lifemaker The Proteus Operation Endgame Enigma The Mirror Maze The Infinity Gambit Entoverse The Multiplex Man Realtime Interrupt Minds, Machines & Evolution The Immortality Option Paths to Otherwhere Bug Park Star Child Rockets, Redheads & Revolution Cradle of Saturn The Legend That Was Earth Thrice Upon a Time (forthcoming) P R O L O G U E SUNDAY WAS CLOUDY BUT WARM in Washington, D.C. The crowd below the Capitol steps, extending westward along the Mall, numbered over ten thousand and was still growing. Although many were colorfully arrayed in summer garb with a sprinkling of coats and jackets, its mood was ugly. Banners displayed above the forest of raised arms, fists punching skyward in unison, proclaimed contingents from individual states. The most highly represented