the.lost.world-第17部分

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e　have　to　find　him；〃　he　said。　〃Right　away。〃

SECOND　CONFIGURATION

〃Self…organization　elaborates　in　plexity　as　the
system　advances　toward　the　chaotic　edge。〃

IAN　MALCOLM

Clues

Thorne　unlocked　the　door　to　Levine's　apartment；　and　flicked　on　the　lights。　They　stared；　astonished。　Arby　said；　〃It　looks　like　a　museum！〃
Levine's　two…bedroom　apartment　was　decorated　in　a　vaguely　Asian　style；　with　rich　wooden　cabinets；　and　expensive　antiques。　But　the　apartment　was　spotlessly　clean；　and　most　of　the　antiques　were　housed　in　plastic　cases。　Everything　was　neatly　labeled。　They　walked　slowly　into　the　room。
〃Does　he　live　here？〃　Kelly　said。　She　found　it　hard　to　believe。　The　apartment　seemed　so　impersonal　to　her；　almost　inhuman。　And　her　own　apartment　was　such　a　mess　all　the　time。。。。
　　　　〃Yeah；　he　does；〃　Thorne　said；　pocketing　the　key。　〃It　always　looks　like　this。　It's　why　he　can　never　live　with　a　woman。　He　can't　stand　to　have　anybody　touch　anything。〃
　　　　The　living…room　couches　were　arranged　around　a　glass　coffee　table。　On　the　table　were　four　piles　of　books；　each　neatly　aligned　with　the　glass　edge。　Arby　glanced　at　the　titles。　Catastrophe　Theory　and　Emergent　Structures。　Inductive　Processes　in　Molecular　Evolution。　Cellular　Automata。　Methodology　of　Non…Linear　Adaptation。　Phase　Transition　in　Evolutionary　Systems。　There　were　also　some　older　books；　with　titles　in　German。
　　　　Kelly　sniffed　the　air。　〃Something　cooking？〃
　　　　〃I　don't　know〃　　Thorne　said。　He　went　into　the　　dining　room。　Along　the　wall；　he　saw　a　hot　plate　with　a　row　of　covered　dishes。　They　saw　a　polished　wood　dining　table；　with　a　place　set　for　one；　silver　and　cut　glass。　Soup　steamed　from　a　bowl。
　　　　Thorne　walked　over　and　picked　up　a　sheet　of　paper　on　the　table　and　read：　〃Lobster　bisque；　baby　organic　greens；　seared　ahi　tuna。〃　A　yellow　Post…it　was　attached。　〃Hope　your　trip　was　good！　Romelia。〃
　　　　〃Wow；　〃　Kelly　said。〃You　mean　somebody　makes　dinner　for　him　every　day？〃
〃I　guess；〃　Thorne　said。　He　didn't　seem　impressed；　he　shuffled　through　a　stack　of　unopened　mail　that　had　been　set　out　beside　the　plate。　Kelly　turned　to　some　faxes　on　a　nearby　table。　The　first　one　was　from　the　Peabody　Museum　at　Yale；　in　New　Haven。　〃Is　this　German？〃　she　said　handing　it　to　Thorne。

Dear　Dr。　Levine：

Your　requested　document：

〃Geschichtliche　Forschungsarbeiten　über　die　Geologie　Zentralamerikas；　1922…1929〃

has　been　sent　by　Federal　Express　today。
Thank　you。

（signed）
Dina　Skrumbis；　Archivist

〃I　can't　read　it；〃　Thorne　said。　〃But　I　think　it's　'Something　Researches　on　the　Geology　of　Central　America。'　And　it's　from　the　twenties　…　not　exactly　hot　news。〃
　　　　〃I　wonder　why　he　wanted　it？〃　she　said。
　　　　Thorne　didn't　answer　her。　He　went　into　the　bedroom。

The　bedroom　had　a　spare；　minimal　look；　the　bed　a　black　futon；　neatly　made。　Thorne　opened　the　closet　doors；　and　saw　racks　of　clothing；　everything　pressed；　neatly　spaced；　much　of　it　in　plastic。　He　opened　the　top　dresser　drawer　and　saw　socks　folded；　arranged　by　color。
　　　　〃I　don't　know　how　he　can　live　like　this；〃　Kelly　said。
　　　　〃Nothing　to　it；〃　Thorne　said。　〃All　you　need　is　servants。〃　He　opened　the　other　drawers　quickly；　one　after　another。
　　　　Kelly　wandered　over　to　the　bedside　table。　There　were　several　books　there。　The　one　on　top　was　very　small；　and　yellowing　with　age。　It　was　in　German；　the　title　was　Die　Fünf　Todesarten。　She　flipped　through　it；　saw　colored　pictures　of　what　looked　like　Aztecs　in　colorful　costumes。　It　was　almost　like　an　illustrated　children's　book　she　thought。
　　　　Underneath　were　books　and　journal　articles　with　the　dark…red　cover　of　the　Santa　Fe　Institute：　Genetic　Algorithms　and　Heuristic　Networks。　Geology　of　Central　America；　Tessellation　Automata　of　Arbitrary　Dimension。　The　1989　Annual　Report　of　the　InGen　Corporation。　And　next　to　the　telephone；　she　noticed　a　sheet　of　hastily　scribbled　notes。　She　recognized　the　precise　handwriting　as　Levine's。
　　　　It　said：

〃SITE　B〃
Vulkanische
Taca？o？
Nublar？
1　of　5　Deaths？
in　mtns？　No！！！
maybe　Guitierrez
careful

　　　　Kelly　said；　〃What's　Site　B？　He　has　notes　about　it。〃
　　　　Thorne　came　over　to　look。　〃Vulkanische；〃　he　said。　〃That　means　volcanic；'　I　think。　And　Taca？o　and　Nublar。。。They　sound　like　place　names。　If　they　are；　we　can　check　that　on　an　atlas。。。。〃
　　　　〃And　what's　this　about　one　of　five　deaths？〃　Kelly　said。
　　　　〃Damned　if　I　know；〃　he　said。
　　　　They　were　staring　at　the　paper　when　Arby　walked　into　the　bedroom　and　said；　〃What's　Site　B？〃
Thorne　looked　up。　〃Why？〃
　　　　〃You　better　see　his　office；〃　Arby　said。

Levine　had　turned　the　second　bedroom　into　an　office。　It　was；　like　the　rest　of　the　apartment；　admirably　treat。　There　was　a　desk　with　papers　laid　out　in　tidy　stacks　alongside　a　puter；　covered　in　plastic。　But　behind　the　desk　there　was　a　large　corkboard　that　covered　most　of　the　wall。　And　on　this　board；　Levine　had　tacked　up　maps；　charts；　newspaper　clippings；　Landsat　images；　and　aerial　photographs。　At　the　top　of　the　board　was　a　large　sign　that　said　〃Site　B？〃
Alongside　that　was　a　blurred；　curling　snapshot　of　a　bespectacled　Chinese　man　in　a　white　lab　coat；　standing　in　the　jungle　beside　a　wooden　sign　that　said　〃Site　B。〃　His　coat　was　unbuttoned；　and　he　was　wearing　a　tee　shirt　with　lettering　on　it。
　　　　Alongside　the　photo　was　a　large　blowup　of　the　tee　shirt；　as　seen　in　the　original　photograph。　It　was　hard　to　read　the　lettering；　which　was　partly　covered　on　both　sides　by　the　lab　coat；　but　the　shirt　seemed　to　say：
nGen　Site　B
esearch　Facili

　　　　In　neat　handwriting；　Levine　had　noted：　〃InGen　Site　B　Research　Facility？？？？　WHERE？？？〃
　　　　Just　below　that　was　a　page　cut　from　the　InGen　Annual　Report。　A　circled　paragraph　read：

In　addition　to　its　headquarters　in　Palo　Alto；　where　InGen　maintains　an　ultra…modern　200；000　square　foot　research　laboratory；　the　pany　runs　three　field　laboratories　around　the　world。　A　geological　lab　in　South　Africa；　where　amber　and　other　biological　specimens　are　acquired；　a　research　farm　in　the　mountains　of　Costa　Rica；　where　exotic　varieties　of　plants　are　grown；　and　a　facility　on　the　island　of　Isla　Nublar；　120　miles　west　of　Costa　Rica。

　　　　Next　to　that　Levine　had　written：　〃No　B！　Liars！〃
　　　　Arby　said；　〃He's　really　obsessed　with　Site　B。〃
　　　　〃I'll　say；〃　Thorne　said。　〃And　he　thinks　it's　on　an　island　somewhere。〃
　　　　Peering　closely　at　the　board；　Thorne　looked　at　the　satellite　images。　He　noticed　that　although　they　were　printed　in　false　colors；　at　various　degrees　of　magnification；　they　all　seemed　to　show　the　same　general　geographical　area：　a　rocky　coastline；　and　some　islands　offshore。　The　coastline　had　a　beach；　and　encroaching　jungle；　it　might　be　Costa　Rica；　but　it　was　impossible　to　say　for　sure。　In　truth；　it　could　be　any　of　a　dozen　places　in　the　world。
　　　　〃He　said　he　was　on　an　island；〃　Kelly　said。
　　　　〃Yes。〃　Thorne　shrugged。　〃But　that　doesn't　help　us　much。〃　He　stared　at　the　board。　〃There　must　be　twenty　islands　here；　maybe　more。〃
　　　　Thorne　looked　at　a　memo；　near　the　bottom。

SITE　B　@##TO　ALL　DEPARTMENTS　OF＇＇****
MINDER　OF％#@#！PRESS　AVOIDAN*****
Mr。　Hammond　wishes　to　remind　all****after^*&^marketing
*％**Long…term　marketing　plan*&^&^％
Marketing　of　proposed　resort　facilities　requires　that　full　…
plexity　of　JP　technology　not　be　revealed　announced　made
known。　Mr；　Hammond　wishes　to　remind　all　departments　that
Production　facility　will　not　be　topic　subject　of　any　press　release
or　discussion　at　any　time。
Production/manufacturing　facility　cannot　be#@##
reference　to　production　island　loc
Isla　S。　inhouse　reference　only
strict　press****^'％**guidelines

　　　　〃This　is　weird；〃　he　said。　What　do　you　make　of　this？〃
　　　　Arby　came　over；　and　looked　at　it　thoughtfully。
　　　　〃All　these　missing　letters　and　garbage；〃　Thorne　said。　〃Does　it　make　any　sense　to　you？〃
　　　　〃Yes；〃　Arby　said。　He　snapped　his　fingers；　and　went　directly　to　Levine's　desk。　There；　he　pulled　the　plastic　cover　off　the　puter；　and　said；　〃I　thought　so。〃
　　　　The　puter　on　Levine's　desk　was　not　the　modern　machine　that　Thorne　would　have　expected。　This　puter　was　several　years　old；　large　and　bulky；　its　cover　scratched　in　many　places。　It　had　a　black　stripe　on　the　box　that　said　〃Design　Associates；　Inc。〃　And　lower　down；　right　by　the　power　switch；　a　shiny　little　metal　tag　that　said　〃Property　International　Ge