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"A Momentary Taste of Being" is a science fiction novella written by Alice Bradley Sheldon, published under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. in the 1975 anthology, ''The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction'' (also featuring stories by Gene Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin). ==Plot== The story takes place in a world where the excessive human population necessitates an interstellar search for a habitable planet, the story centers on the experiences of Dr. Aaron Kaye, resident psychiatrist of ''Centaur,'' the second relativistic starship sent by the United Nations for this endeavor. The ship's crew has discovered a planet potentially capable of supporting human life, and after sending an away team to investigate the planet, only one crew member returns -- Lory Kaye, Dr. Kaye's sister. The story primarily concerns what occurred on the planet and why Lory was the only returning member. Lory insists that the planet is a paradise, and that the samples she retrieved are harmless, but she and others who came into contact with the samples are held in quarantine regardless. Tensions among the multinational crew grow as the leaders of the expedition try to decide if they should send a message back to Earth telling them to come to the planet or not. ==Origin of Title== The title is taken from Edward Fitzgerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, quatrain XL: :::::::''A Moment's Halt -- a momentary taste'' :::::::''Of Being from the Well amid the Waste --'' :::::::''And Lo! the phantom Caravan has reach'd'' :::::::''The Nothing it set out from -- Oh, make haste!''〔(The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ), translated by Edward Fitzgerald on (sacred-texts.com ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Momentary Taste of Being」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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