| 词条 | Dear Pen Pal |
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|name = Dear Pen Pal |title_orig = |image = |caption = |translator = |author = A. E. van Vogt |country = United States |language = English |series = |genre = Science fiction |publication_type = Periodical |published_in = The Arkham Sampler |publisher = |media_type = Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback) |pub_date = Winter 1949[1] }} "Dear Pen Pal" is a science fiction short story by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt. Plot summaryThe one-sided dialog takes the form of correspondence from Skander, an alien, to an unnamed human whose replies are not presented. Skander spends some time in the first letters describing his home planet of Aurigae II, a hot planet circling a star in Auriga. Later, Skander admits that he is a criminal, incarcerated for conducting illegal scientific experiments. Desiring to see his pen pal, he sends several photographic sheets that can be exposed if the user simply thinks about a picture being taken. The last letter is from the unnamed human back to Skander. The human is now in Skander's body. He realized long ago that Skander was trying to scam him, and immediately took the "photographs" to the Earth authorities. They informed him they were a form of consciousness transfer device that Skander was attempting to use to escape from prison. Learning this, the human went through with the process anyway. But in the end Skander gets stumped by the unnamed human as the human has a body that was paralyzed since birth and he is subject to heart attacks. He hopes that Skander will enjoy the short time that he has left, trapped in a dying wheelchair-bound body. Publication historyThe story was originally published in The Arkham Sampler (1949) and has been published in many collections and anthologies,[2] such as Universe!, Far Boundaries and such, the most recent being The Arkham Sampler: A Facsimile Edition (2010). Variant titles
It has also been translated into Italian ("Pianeta Aurigae", "Caro Corrispondente"), Dutch ("Beste Correspondentievriend"), French ("Correspondence"), and German ("Lieber Brieffreund"). References1. ^http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?281188 2. ^Bibliography: Dear Pen Pal Isfdb External links
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