День триффидов
World Narrowing
Andwhilethere’slife,there’shope."
Welookedonthescenebeforeusforsomesecondsinsilence.
"Ithink,"Iamplified,"onlythink,mindyou,thatwehaveanarrowchance—sonarrowthatitisgoingtotakealong,longtimetogetback.Ifitweren’tforthetriffids,I’dsaytherewasaverygoodchanceindeed—thoughstilltakingalongishtime.Butthetriffidsarearealfactor.Theyaresomethingthatnorisingcivilizationhashadtofightbefore.Aretheygoingtotaketheworldfromus,orarewegoingtobeabletostopthem?
‘Therealproblemistofindsomesimplewayofdealingwiththem.Wearen’tsobadlyoff—wecanholdthemaway.Butourgrandchildren—whataretheygoingtodoaboutthem?Aretheygoingtohavetospendalltheirlivesinhumanreservationskeptfreeoftriffidsonlybyunendingtoil?
"I’mquitesurethereisasimpleway.Thetroubleisthatsimplewayssooftencomeoutofsuchcomplicatedresearch.Andwehaven’ttheresources."
"Surelywehavealltheresourcesthereeverwere,justforthetaking,"Josellaputin.
"Material,yes.Butmental,no.Whatweneedisateam,ateamofexpertsreallyouttodealwiththetriffidsforgoodandall.Somethingcouldbedone,I’msure.Somethingalongthelinesofaselectivekiller,perhaps.Ifwecouldproducetherighthormonestocreateastateofimbalanceintriffidsbutnotmotherthings...Itmustbepossible—ifyouhaveenoughbrainpowerturnedontothejob."
"Ifyouthinkthat,whydon’tyoutry?"sheasked.
