Человек в высоком замке

           Puttingherfingersinherears,sheconcentratedonthepageopeninherlap,shuttinghisvoiceout.ShehadarrivedatasectioninTheGrasshopperwhichdescribedthefabuloustelevision,anditenthralledher;especiallythepartabouttheinexpensivelittlesetsforbackwardpeopleinAfricaandAsia.

           …OnlyYankeeknow-howandthemass-productionsystem—Detroit,Chicago,Cleveland,themagicnames!—couldhavedonethetrick,sentthatceaselessandalmostwitlesslynoblefloodofcheapone-dollar(theChinaDollar,thetradedollar)televisionkitstoeveryvillageandbackwateroftheOrient.Andwhenthekithadbeenassembledbysomegaunt,feverish-mindedyouthinthevillage,starvedforachance,forthatwhichthegenerousAmericansheldouttohim,thattinnylittleinstrumentwithitsbuilt-inpowersupplynolargerthanamarblebegantoreceive.Andwhatdiditreceive?Crouchingbeforethescreen,theyouthsofthevillage—andoftentheeldersaswell—sawwords.Instructions.Howtoread,first.Thentherest.Howtodigadeeperwell.Plowadeeperfurrow.Howtopurifytheirwater,healtheirsick.Overhead,theAmericanartificialmoonwheeled,distributingthesignal,carryingiteverywhere…toallthewaiting,avidmassesoftheEast.

           "Areyoureadingstraightthrough?"Joeasked."Orskippingaroundinit?"

           Shesaid,"Thisiswonderful;hehasussendingfoodandeducationtoalltheAsiatics,millionsofthem."

           "Welfareworkonaworldwidescale,"Joesaid.

           "Yes.