Th e blue death, Smith called it. Like Hayduke his heart was full of a healthy hatred. Because Smith remembered something diff erent. He remembered the golden river fl owing to the sea. He remembered canyons called Hidden Passage and Salvation and Last Chance and Forbidden and Twilight and many many more, some that never had a name. He remembered the strange great amphitheaters called Music Temple and Cathedral in the Desert. All these things now lay beneath the dead water of the reservoir, slowly disappearing under layers of descending silt. How could he forget? He had seen too much. —Ed Abbey, Th e Monkey Wrench Gang

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“蓝色死亡”后的复活：格伦峡谷的文学、政治与生态救赎

蓝色的死亡，史密斯称之为。就像海杜克一样，他的心中充满了健康的仇恨。因为史密斯想起了一些不同的东西。他想起了流向大海的金色河流。他想起了被称为“隐藏通道”和“拯救”、“最后机会”、“禁忌”和“暮光之城”的峡谷等等，其中一些甚至没有名字。他想起了奇怪的大型圆形剧场，叫做沙漠中的音乐殿堂和大教堂。所有这些东西现在都埋在水库的死水下面，在一层层下降的淤泥下慢慢消失。他怎么会忘记？他见得太多了。——艾德·艾比，《猴子扳手帮》