經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第14章 Part4

"I'll give you a clue. Computer!"
"Hi gang!" enthused the computer. "This is getting real sociable isn't it?"
"Shut up," said Zaphod, "and show up the screens."
Light on the bridge sank. Pinpoints of light played across the consoles and reflected in four pairs of eyes that stared up at the external monitor screens.
There was absolutely nothing on them.
"Recognize that?" whispered Zaphod.
Ford frowned.
"Er, no," he said.
"What do you see?"
"Nothing."
"Recognize it?"
"What are you talking about?"
"We're in the Horsehead Nebula. One whole vast dark cloud."
"And I was meant to recognize that from a blank screen?"
"Inside a dark nebula is the only place in the Galaxy you'd see a dark screen."

“讓我給你點兒提示。電腦！”
“嗨，各位！”電腦熱情地說，“看來大夥兒都挺喜歡熱鬧的，對嗎？”
“閉嘴。”贊福德說，“在屏幕上演示一下。”
室內的燈光暗下來。幾盞小燈在控制檯上閃爍，映出三雙正盯着監視器屏幕的眼睛。
上面沒有任何東西。
“認出來了嗎？”贊福德耳語道。
福特皺起眉頭。
“嗯，沒有。”他說。
“你看見了什麼？”
“什麼都沒有。”
“認出了嗎？”
“你究竟在說些什麼啊？”
“我們現在是在馬頭星雲內。一整片廣闊的暗黑星雲。”
“難道你指望我從黑漆漆的屏幕上認出這個來嗎？”
“一片暗黑星雲內部，這是整個銀河系中惟——處會讓我們的屏幕漆黑一片的地方。”