| 词条 | Night Piece |
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|name = Night Piece |title_orig = |translator = |author = Poul Anderson |country = United States |language = English |series = |genre = Science fiction |publication_type = Periodical |published_in = The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |publisher = Mercury Press |media_type = Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback) |pub_date = July 1961 |english_pub_date = |preceded_by = |followed_by = }} "Night Piece" is a science fiction short story by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in the July 1961 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It later appeared in Anderson's 1981 collection The Dark Between the Stars.[1] Plot summaryThe story takes place over the span of a few hours during one night. The unnamed protagonist, a scientist working on extra-sensory perception, leaves work and walks toward home. He is haunted by perceptions of another world, and creatures in it, who appear to be malevolent. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that he has accidentally uncovered evidence of a different and superior class of beings, which he calls "Superiors", who co-exist with humans but had previously gone almost undetected. He interprets his visions as reflections of an ongoing struggle in Superior's world and finds himself both attracted, and repelled, by what he sees. CommentaryIn The Worlds of Science Fiction,[2] the author wrote
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Wagner |first=Thomas M. |title=SF Review: The Dark Between the Stars (1981) |url=http://www.sfreviews.net/darkbetween.html |website=SFReviews.net |year=1997 |archivedate=June 20, 2002 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020620174015/http://www.sfreviews.net/darkbetween.html }} 2. ^{{cite book |editor-last=Mills |editor-first=Robert P. | editor-link = Robert P. Mills |year=1963 |title=The Worlds of Science Fiction |publisher=Paperback Library}} External links
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