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The Longest Journey
E. M. Forster · 初版 1907 年
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“母牛就在那里，”Ansell 说着，划亮一根火柴，伸向地毯上方。没有人说话。他静静地等着，直到火柴头熄灭脱落。接着他又说了一遍：“它就在那里，那头母牛。瞧，就在那儿。”
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The Longest Journey
E. M. Forster · 初版 1907 年
“母牛就在那里，”Ansell 说着，划亮一根火柴，伸向地毯上方。没有人说话。他静静地等着，直到火柴头熄灭脱落。接着他又说了一遍：“它就在那里，那头母牛。瞧，就在那儿。”
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- Broken Sword - Curses!/Jigsaw - The Longest Journey - Trinity - Outcast 文字/图像冒险游戏在当年领先了好莱坞差不多 20 到 30 年，但比纸质书和粉丝圈（fandom）落后了 20 年。
- Broken Sword - Curses!/Jigsaw - The Longest Journey - Trinity - Outcast Text/graphical adventures were like 20-30 years ahead of Hollywood, but 20 years behind paper books and fandom.
……人口的减少很快就会被注意到。但实际情况是，每死去一个纽约人，就会有两个陌生人在城里定居，因此这种人口流失根本不会引起注意。”在 E.M. 福斯特的小说《The Longest Journey》中写道：“世上根本没有所谓的伦敦人。他不过是一个走向绝育之路的乡下人罢了。”我想人口学家会把这两句话都看作是夸张修辞。
…the decrease in population would soon be noted. But as it is, for one New Yorker that dies two strangers take up their abode in the city, and thus the loss is not noticed. " In E.M. Forster's novel The Longest Journey, there appears "There's no such thing as a Londoner. He's only a country man on the road to sterility." I imagine that demographers would regard both as exaggerations for effect.
……知道，大家认为那是他的巅峰之作，我迟早会读的），但我读过他那两本被我归为“意大利题材”的小说（《A Room With a View》《Where Angels Fear to Tread》）以及“英国题材”小说（《Howards End》《The Longest Journey》）。在这四本里，我强烈推荐《Howards End》，毫无悬念是最好的。《Angels》是唯一一本我建议可以跳过的，即便你喜欢他的其他作品。至于他的短篇小说和……
…know, it's supposed to be his best, I'll get around to it) but have read both of what I think of as his Italian novels (A Room With a View, Where Angels Fear to Tread) and English novels (Howards End, The Longest Journey) and, of those, would recommend Howards End as the best of those four, by a long shot. Angels is the only one I'd suggest maybe skipping, even if you like his other work. As for his short stories and…