（外文电子版资料）Terry Bisson - Incident At Oak Ridge.pdf

TERRY BISSON INCIDENT AT OAK RIDGE As Hollywood budgets multiply past NASAs, the notion Terry Bisson posited in Voyage to the Red Planet--that the first people to make the journey from Earth to Mars will be Hollywood actors--seems more plausible all the time. But this new story doesnt actually concern itself with thespians, except in the sense that all the worlds a stage. The players in this story certainly have their exits and entrances, and as Shakespeare said, one man in his time plays many parts. But what of two men out o[ their time] What parts do they play in the past.., or in the future? PART ONE EXT -- A MOUNTAIN TRAIL IN AN APPALACHIAN HOLLOW. EVENING. TWO YOUNG MEN ARE HIKING. FRED is dark, tall, about thirty. KIM is Asian, stockier; same age. Both have short hair. They are junior college profs -- Fred in physics, Kim in English. It is fall, and still warm. They carry light day packs. Both wear Polartec sweats, light Gore-tex jackets, Nike boots -- modem gear. It is getting dark. They are in a hurry. Kim is peeling off his jacket. Fred is punching numbers into a cellular phone. FRED Anns gonna kill me. I promised her we would be back in Knoxville by five. Wish I could get this phone to work! KIM How did it get so warm? Wish I had a cigarette. FRED I know were not out of range. I checked my messages right after we had lunch. (looks up) A cigarette? Kim!!! KIM What would you say if I told you there was a pack of Marlboros in the glove compartment of my Cherokee? FRED What would you say if I told you I found them this morning while you were paying for the gas and threw them out? EXT. THE MOUNTAINS. A LOW TANGLE OF GORGES, A FEATURELESS MAZE. Voices continue as before. KIM (o.s.) I would say you were a cold-hearted bastard. FRED (o.s.) And I would say friends dont let friends smoke. You quit, remember? KIM (o.s.) Yeah, yeah. Damn! Every one of these hollows looks exactly the same. Are we still on the right trail? FRED