（外文电子版资料）Alan Dean Foster - Batrachian.pdfVIP

Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, /abclit.html BATRACHIAN Metamorphosis is a marvel of nature thats always intrigued me. Bid when I was a kid, and still does today. It takes many forms, not always that of caterpillar into a butterfly. The thought of beginning life in one body and ending it in something inconceivably different is hard for us humans to imagine, starting and ending as we do with essentially the same shell. I tried to deal with certain aspects of metamorphosis in a book called Nor Crystal Tears, which opens with the line Its hard to be a larva. Arthur C. Clarke stretched the concept in the classic: Childhoods End. Eric-Frank Russell took a different approach in his novella Metamorphosite. I wonder if the author of the book Cocoon ever read that story. You take a familiar concept and run it into something; common and everyday, and sometimes you get a story. Forget it, man. Youll never get near her. Shelby moved a pawn two squares forward, trying to protect his king. Every guy in the buildings tried, and few of the chicks, too. Troy advanced his knight, and one of his friends bishops was removed from the board. Shelby frowned at this development. I can imagine they have. Immature jocks, most em. Ill bet you and I are the only two grad students in the whole complex. Shes just waiting for someone with a little maturity to come along, thats all. Shelby reached toward his remaining bishop, thought better of it, and returned to studying the board. Sure she is. Bet you cant get inside her door. Whatll you bet? Dinner for two at Willys. Done. The important thing is, is it worth getting inside her dooR? His friend nudged a castle sideways, looked satisfied. Ive seen her going out. Its worth it. Believe me, its worth it. What does she look like? Different. Exotic. Dresden china stained dark. Shes a little bitty thing, but something about her intimidates the hell out of me, even at a distance. Id go up