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T 3 F (...............................................................\ ..............................) 192.5 323. T ( ) 519. 323. T 2 F ( 17) 522.5 323. T 4 F (Jeff Okamoto) 464.96 307. T 2 F (A) 191.04 169. T 5 F (THENE) 201.15 169. T 6 F (, Copyright \251 1989 By Jim McCabe.) 243.16 169. T (This magazine may be archived and reproduced without charge under\ the condition that it ) 90.21 155. T (is left in its entirety. The individual works within are the sole\ property of their respective ) 91.19 141. T (author\050s\051, and no further use of these works is permitted\ without their explicit consent. ) 98.2 127. T (Athene is published quasi-monthly by Jim McCabe,\ MCCABE@MTUS5.BITNET.) 104.81 113. T (This PostScript edition was created on a Sun workstation running\ version 1.3b of the ) 102.35 99. T 7 F (FrameMaker) 113.03 85. T 6 F ( desktop publishing software from Frame Technology\ Corporation.) 176.34 85. T 72. 72. 540. 189. R 0 H N -423. -612. 117. 108. 423. 612. 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T (Amateur Creative Writing) 230.8 621. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "2" 2 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (McCabe / Etc...) 474.18 748. T (Page 2) 511.95 36. T 6 F 2.86 (Not only does this month mark the end) 90. 639. P 1.3 (of a decade, it also flags the end of Athene\325s) 72. 625. P 2.67 (very first volume. It seems that the begin-) 72. 611. P 4.71 (ning of the nineties makes as good of a) 72. 597. P (place as any to start the next one.) 72. 583. T 2. (Keeping with the spirit, Athene will also) 90. 569. P 5.77 (be sporting a new look after this issue,) 72. 555. P 1.71 (helped in part by an upgrade in the software) 72. 541. P 2. (used to make the PostScript editions. I was) 72. 527. P 1.73 (tempted to incorporate some of the improve-) 72. 513. P 3.89 (ments into this month\325s issue, but decided) 72. 499. P 2.43 (against it for two reasons. Most important-) 72. 485. P 3.89 (ly, I wanted to maintain some consistency) 72. 471. P 2.38 (within the issues in this volume. Secondly,) 72. 457. P (this one was already late enough as it was.) 72. 443. T 3.14 (Speaking of late, expect January\325s issue) 90. 429. P 1.45 (to come out in the second half of the month.) 72. 415. P 0.8 (I will be gone on vacation from December 21) 72. 401. P 1.52 (through to January 6, and so I won\325t be able) 72. 387. P 0.85 (to read my mail, much less work on the mag-) 72. 373. P 1.92 (azine. Since my site purges mail older than) 315. 639. P 3.59 (two weeks of age, there is a good chance) 315. 625. P 2.48 (that any mail sent before December 26 will) 315. 611. P 2.52 (get lost. Because of this, I wouldn\325t try to) 315. 597. P (contact me until after that date.) 315. 583. T 1.62 (Dan pointed out an error with the ) 333. 569. P 5 F 1.62 (Quan-) 507.32 569. P 3.76 (ta) 315. 555. P 6 F 3.76 ( information in last month\325s issue. The) 325. 555. P 1.57 (Bitnet node listed is incorrect, and should be) 315. 541. P 9 F (CMCCVB) 315. 527. T 6 F ( instead of ) 358.2 527. T 9 F (CMUCCVMA) 411.19 527. T 6 F (.) 468.79 527. T 1.72 (I would like to thank everyone who con-) 333. 512. P 4.29 (tributed stories since the last issue! This) 315. 498. P 5.73 (month brought in more submissions than) 315. 484. P 3. (usual, a trend I only hope will continue as) 315. 470. P 2.67 (Athene gains more readers. Finally, I send) 315. 456. P 3.66 (a big "thank you" to you, the readers, for) 315. 442. P 10.1 (your great support and encouragement) 315. 428. P (throughout these first few issues!) 315. 414. T 4 F (Jim) 519.78 371. T 72. 666. 540. 666. 2 L 1 H N 10 F (Etc...) 72. 710. T 4 F (By Jim McCabe) 72. 694. T 9 F (MCCABE@MTUS5.BITNET) 72. 680. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "3" 3 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (McReynolds / No One Ever Said Time Travel Would Be Easy) 278.32 748. T (Page 3) 511.95 36. T 6 F 4.94 (Jesus Millagros looked up from under) 90. 639. P 1.46 (the blue \32557 Chevy in his small Los Angeles) 72. 625. P 5.4 (garage to see a fish-faced man snooping) 72. 611. P 10.09 (around the auto-body-parts littered the) 72. 597. P (shop.) 72. 583. T 3.65 ("May I help you, Mister," he asked as) 90. 569. P 2.46 (he rolled out from under the car and wiped) 72. 555. P 1.84 (his hands on his greasy coveralls. The fish-) 72. 541. P 7.27 (faced stranger cautiously approached the) 72. 527. P (small Mexican man and took his hand firmly.) 72. 513. T 1.91 ("Name\325s Azul, Gordon Azul, and I won-) 90. 499. P (der if you can do a job for me.") 72. 485. T 2.1 (The stranger led Jesus out into the park-) 90. 471. P 4.59 (ing lot to a brand new 1973 tan Volare.) 72. 457. P 1.86 (There was no licence plate on the car and it) 72. 443. P 3.53 (still bore the dealer\325s decals upon its win-) 72. 429. P 6.28 (dows. "Caramba!" Jesus cried. "Great) 72. 415. P 1.38 (wheels, man. I\325ll bet Nixon can\325t afford one) 72. 401. P 4.31 (of these!" The stranger said nothing. He) 72. 387. P 1.8 (went to the trunk, opened it, and with- drew) 72. 373. P 3.23 (a roll of technical drawings and blueprints.) 72. 359. P 3.34 (He brought these over to Jesus and spread) 72. 345. P (them out on the hood.) 72. 331. T 3.37 ("I want you to make some alterations,") 90. 317. P (the stranger said.) 72. 303. T 5.81 (Jesus studied the drawings with care.) 90. 289. P 2.15 (He was not at all sure what all the symbols) 72. 275. P 4.39 (stood for--he had no idea what the equa-) 72. 261. P 1.72 (tions scrawled along the margins of the doc-) 72. 247. P 9.59 (ument meant--but he easily recognized) 72. 233. P 1.5 (most of the parts and modifications specified) 72. 219. P (in the body of the plans.) 72. 205. T 0.95 ("You want to do this to a car?!? Are you) 90. 191. P 1.63 (sure you don\325t want to be talkin\325 to a rocket) 72. 177. P 2.42 (scientist instead of me, man? This is some) 72. 163. P 4.34 (pretty weird shit. Even my brother Julio) 72. 149. P (doesn\325t have a car that...") 72. 135. T 5.39 (Gordon took his hands from the dia-) 90. 121. P 7.62 (grams where they had held the sheets) 72. 107. P 5.88 (spread out on the hood of the car and) 72. 93. P 1.91 (grabbed the Mexican\325s shirt by its wide col-) 72. 79. P (lars, hoisting him into the air.) 315. 639. T 1.87 ("Can you do it?" Gordon hissed between) 333. 625. P (closed teeth.) 315. 611. T 5.67 (Startled, the little man was happy to) 333. 597. P 6.49 (oblige this ill-tempered honkey. "Yeah,) 315. 583. P 1.17 (sure man! You pay and Jesus will play! I\325ll) 315. 569. P 4.73 (make any changes you want--just put me) 315. 555. P 1.13 (down!" Gordon dropped him, turned around,) 315. 541. P (and began walking away, down the street.) 315. 527. T 1.53 ("I\325ll be back on Friday," he said over his) 333. 513. P (shoulder.) 315. 499. T 4.67 (Jesus gathered himself up, straightened) 333. 485. P 2.77 (his collar, and picked up the blueprints. As) 315. 471. P 1.2 (he did this, a wad of crisp C-notes fell to the) 315. 457. P 4.32 (ground out of the papers. "Holy Maria,") 315. 443. P 1.71 (Jesus said to himself as he walked back into) 315. 429. P 5.01 (the garage, crossing himself and counting) 315. 415. P (his loot.) 315. 401. T 5.6 (Jesus worked diligently over the next) 333. 373. P 1.55 (five days. He spent a lot of time in the me-) 315. 359. P 1.4 (chanical engineering section of the UCLA li-) 315. 345. P 2.92 (brary, as well as in the sections on experi-) 315. 331. P 5.26 (mental physics and applied thermodynam-) 315. 317. P 2.42 (ics. He ordered parts from parts houses all) 315. 303. P 1.8 (over the basin. A few had to come from as) 315. 289. P 2.88 (far away as San Diego, Chicago, and Du-) 315. 275. P 4. (luth. He spent every waking hour in the) 315. 261. P 1.8 (project, often working 23 hour days. A few) 315. 247. P 1.59 (of the parts he had to machine himself, rely-) 315. 233. P 4.27 (ing primarily upon the technical specifica-) 315. 219. P 2.33 (tions given in the blueprints. The lamps of) 315. 205. P 6.54 (the garage burned continuously as Jesus) 315. 191. P 2.3 (shaped and rearranged the guts of the infer-) 315. 177. P 1.41 (nal machine. As he was working, he had no) 315. 163. P 1.8 (idea what end this engine was meant to per-) 315. 149. P 2.34 (form. After he had finished installing a set) 315. 135. P 3.48 (of parts, he would try out various theories) 315. 121. P 1.71 (as to their function. None suited him. In all) 315. 107. P 2.01 (of his fifteen years as an auto-mechanic and) 315. 93. P 3.96 (body man, he had never seen anything as) 315. 79. P 72. 666. 540. 666. 2 L 1 H N 10 F (No One Ever Said Time Travel Would Be Easy) 72. 710. T 72. 707.87 342.66 708.63 R V 4 F (By Phillip McReynolds) 72. 694. T 9 F (DBEATTIE@MSSTATE.BITNET) 72. 680. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "4" 4 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (McReynolds / No One Ever Said Time Travel Would Be Easy) 278.32 748. T (Page 4) 511.95 36. T 6 F 2.2 (strange as the components he was so metic-) 72. 711. P (ulously packing into that tan Volare.) 72. 697. T 4. (By sunrise on Friday morning, the job) 90. 683. P 1.9 (was complete. Every modification had been) 72. 669. P 1.28 (performed. Every technical specification ful-) 72. 655. P 3.1 (filled. Jesus stood back and admired what) 72. 641. P 2.15 (he had wrought as the early rays of the sun) 72. 627. P 3.89 (glinted on the chrome of his beloved. "I) 72. 613. P 1.16 (wonder when the gringo will show," he won-) 72. 599. P 3.06 (dered to himself. "Time enough for a test) 72. 585. P 7. (drive, maybe?" "Naah, better not," he) 72. 571. P 5.8 (thought, remembering the strength of his) 72. 557. P 4.52 (mysterious customer. "It could use some) 72. 543. P (paint, though...") 72. 529. T 3.05 (Gordon arrived at sunset to find a glis-) 90. 501. P 3.25 (tening tan Volare \050with three new coats of) 72. 487. P 2.01 (tan paint\051 fully equipped with front and rear) 72. 473. P (hydraulics.) 72. 459. T 1.82 (A red stripe starting from the front fend-) 90. 431. P 4.96 (er on each side made its way along the) 72. 417. P 3.39 (sides of the car, expanding and finally ex-) 72. 403. P 1.82 (ploding in a blaze of glory in red-yellow-or-) 72. 389. P 5.57 (ange flames painted on the rear fenders.) 72. 375. P 5.76 (Raised, knife- blade encrusted, Spartacus-) 72. 361. P 9.34 (style hubcaps finished the masterpiece.) 72. 347. P 10.67 (Jesus Millagros stood with his arms) 72. 333. P 3.95 (crossed in pride as Gordon completely ig-) 72. 319. P (nored every one of these cosmetic additions.) 72. 305. T ("Is it done?" Gordon asked bluntly.) 90. 291. T 4.21 ("Yes! She is finished!" Jesus beamed) 90. 277. P 1.67 (back at him. He had expected at least some) 72. 263. P 3.29 (praise for the fine job he\325d performed, but) 72. 249. P (none was forth- coming.) 72. 235. T 6.94 ("Good," said Gordon. "Here\325s your) 90. 221. P 2.21 (money," he said as he handed Jesus another) 72. 207. P (wad of 100\325s. "Get in.") 72. 193. T 2.88 (Jesus was perplexed. "Is she not beau-) 90. 179. P 1.6 (tiful, senor? Don\325t you want to open her up) 72. 165. P 1.93 (and look her over? Her parts have been in-) 72. 151. P (stalled just as you ordered. She is...") 72. 137. T 2.21 ("Get in," Gordon repeated, as he opened) 90. 123. P 2.67 (the door and lowered himself into the driv-) 72. 109. P 2.41 (er\325s seat. Jesus said nothing as he got into) 72. 95. P 1.63 (the car \050pausing to admire the fiery sheen of) 72. 81. P 2.29 (the hood as it was illuminated by the dying) 315. 711. P 1.8 (rays of the sun.\051 Gordon started the engine,) 315. 697. P 2.84 (and to Jesus, it purred beautifully, although) 315. 683. P 2.2 (with a dampened fury that he\325d never heard) 315. 669. P (in a car before.) 315. 655. T 3.6 ("We\325re going for a test drive," Gordon) 333. 641. P 1.73 (said. "Ever been to the Los Angeles Speed-) 315. 627. P (way?") 315. 613. T 3.93 ("Sure, many times, Senor." Jesus was) 333. 599. P 1.49 (disgusted. Cars were his life. He lived, ate,) 315. 585. P 3.07 (and breathed paint primer, axle grease, and) 315. 571. P 6.34 (ether \050respectively\051. Ever since he had) 315. 557. P 1.96 (worked on his first automobile at the age of) 315. 543. P 5.73 (thirteen, he had always served the steel,) 315. 529. P 2.51 (chrome, and glass god with a zeal that was) 315. 515. P 1.19 (atypical, even in his neighborhood. This car,) 315. 501. P 3.24 (in which they were now passing under the) 315. 487. P 3.12 (amber streetlamps of Greater L.A., had be-) 315. 473. P 2.09 (come his idol. It was mysterious and beau-) 315. 459. P 1.56 (tiful and it seemed to have a power that was) 315. 445. P 2.14 (not of this world. It had taken every bit of) 315. 431. P 3.06 (knowledge and expertise that Jesus had ac-) 315. 417. P 2.29 (quired over the years to assemble this mon-) 315. 403. P (ster of mechanical mastery.) 315. 389. T 3.22 (As they pulled into the unlit speedway,) 333. 375. P 5.47 (the security guard was conspicuously ab-) 315. 361. P 3.29 (sent. Gordon slowly pulled onto the track) 315. 347. P 1.74 (and put the transmission in park. "Get out,") 315. 333. P 2.41 (he said. Jesus got out of the car. "You\325re) 315. 319. P 2.42 (here in case anything goes wrong. I\325m go-) 315. 305. P 3.21 (ing to make three laps around the track to) 315. 291. P 1.4 (pick up speed. Stay out of the way. I don\325t) 315. 277. P 1.92 (want your intertia to slow me down one bit.) 315. 263. P 1.19 (If I haven\325t made the third lap in twenty sec-) 315. 249. P 2.19 (onds or less, I want you to wave this flash-) 315. 235. P 2.31 (light at me," he said handing a flashlight to) 315. 221. P 3.7 (the mechanic. "Got it?" Jesus nodded his) 315. 207. P 5.32 (head. "Do you have a watch?" Gordon) 315. 193. P (asked.) 315. 179. T ("Several," Jesus replied.) 333. 165. T ("Good.") 333. 151. T 5.21 (Jesus closed the passenger\325s door and) 333. 137. P 2.17 (stepped out of the way. Gordon revved the) 315. 123. P 2.77 (engine several times and threw the car into) 315. 109. P 2.26 (gear. The wheels squealed and the car was) 315. 95. P 3.29 (gone, already well into its first lap. Jesus) 315. 81. P FMENDPAGE %%Page: "5" 5 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (McReynolds / No One Ever Said Time Travel Would Be Easy) 278.32 748. T (Page 5) 511.95 36. T 6 F (bit his lip.) 72. 711. T 1.5 (The small man looked at his watch. The) 90. 697. P 5.34 (Volare did its first lap in sixty-one sec-) 72. 683. P 2.96 (onds. The second in thirty. Jesus swayed) 72. 669. P 3.62 (to the music of the high-pitched squeal of) 72. 655. P 2.41 (the engine. As the car came around for its) 72. 641. P 1.34 (last lap, he studied it carefully. It was going) 72. 627. P 2.44 (over three- hundred miles per hour, and yet) 72. 613. P 2.67 (it seemed to be handling as if it were only) 72. 599. P 2.19 (doing sixty. Tears welled in his eyes as he) 72. 585. P 4.96 (saw his beautiful beast race by for what) 72. 571. P 2.17 (would be the last time. Gordon was finish-) 72. 557. P 3.76 (ing his last lap. Sixteen, seventeen, eigh-) 72. 543. P 6.61 (teen, he was almost around... nineteen...) 72. 529. P 3.51 (Jesus trembled with the beauty and excite-) 72. 515. P 2.22 (ment of the thing he had helped to bring to) 72. 501. P 1.63 (life. Twenty! Gordon was around! ...but he) 72. 487. P 7.67 (wasn\325t stopping. Faster and faster he) 72. 473. P 2.09 (went. The car continued to race around the) 72. 459. P 1.79 (track, its tires beginning to glow redly. The) 72. 445. P 1.84 (high- pitched wine had become a wail. The) 72. 431. P 4.34 (air crackled and smelled faintly of ozone.) 72. 417. P 2.01 (The ground shuddered. The sky opened up.) 72. 403. P 7.62 (Great hosts of angels came down and) 72. 389. P 1.86 (danced and flitted around Jesus\325 head. Sud-) 72. 375. P 3.84 (denly, a great wall of flame sprang up in) 72. 361. P 4.68 (front of the five-speed, automatic, family-) 72. 347. P (sedan-shaped demon.) 72. 333. T (And in an instant, it was over.) 90. 305. T 4.78 (An explosion rocked the ground. An) 90. 277. P 2.06 (enormous fireball shot from the place where) 72. 263. P 4.51 (the car had \050apparently\051 collided with the) 72. 249. P 3.39 (barrier wall. Flaming shards of metal and) 72. 235. P 4.86 (ash rained down upon Jesus\325 head as he) 72. 221. P 2.56 (watched the brilliant demise of his beloved.) 72. 207. P 2.96 (All that remained was the chassis and tires) 72. 193. P 1.58 (\050all blown\051. The hydraulics had remained in) 72. 179. P 2.78 (tact. The skeleton of the car sat in flames) 72. 165. P 3.05 (as it jerked up and down with the nervous) 72. 151. P 3.58 (twitch of a decapitated insect. Other than) 72. 137. P 4.12 (that, all was still--except for the crackling) 72. 123. P 6.28 (of the embers which rained down upon) 72. 109. P (Jesus\325 head.) 72. 95. T (\245 \245 \245) 418.2 711. T (Jesus wept.) 333. 683. T (\245 \245 \245) 418.2 655. T 3.17 (Gordon\325s eyes felt as though they were) 333. 627. P 3.67 (going to jump out of their sockets, turn a) 315. 613. P 2.86 (cartwheel in the air before him, salute, and) 315. 599. P 1.36 (whistle "Dixie" in the cloud of ammonia that) 315. 585. P 1.34 (had coalesced about his body. Upon his exit) 315. 571. P 2.89 (of the car \050in 1972\051 the glass of the wind-) 315. 557. P 1.97 (shield had retorn his face on each side from) 315. 543. P 2.8 (the edges of his mouth to his ears. It had) 315. 529. P 2.13 (not taken much force to reopen the scar tis-) 315. 515. P 1.78 (sue along the sides of his face and the auto-) 315. 501. P 3.63 (glass had not yet melted from the heat of) 315. 487. P 3.01 (the explosion. Gordon, of course, had had) 315. 473. P 1.73 (nothing to fear from the destruction wreaked) 315. 459. P 3.57 (by his slightly modified 1973 Volare. He) 315. 445. P 3.62 (had left 1972 and was now hurtling back-) 315. 431. P 2.29 (ward through a glassy tunnel filled with the) 315. 417. P 1.82 (past events of his own life. He struggled to) 315. 403. P 3.42 (raise his hand to his wound. The viscous) 315. 389. P 1.26 (liquid that encircled him restricted his mo-) 315. 375. P 3.46 (tion and, in the end, he gave up all at-) 315. 361. P 1.81 (tempts at wiping away the blood and simply) 315. 347. P 1.59 (rode the current. The life of a time-traveller) 315. 333. P 2.72 (is never easy. The horrors of life: college,) 315. 319. P 1.53 (boot camp, and the senior prom, hurtled past) 315. 305. P 4.06 (him with dizzying speed. Occasionally, a) 315. 291. P 1.82 (figure in the menagerie would reach out and) 315. 277. P 5.71 (try to draw him into one of the blurry) 315. 263. P 2.67 (scenes. Mary Jo Simpleton, summer camp,) 315. 249. P 2.77 (eleventh grade, necking in the woods. Her) 315. 235. P 3.43 (tiny hand pressed through the walls of the) 315. 221. P 1.67 (multicolored tunnel, glowing redly for an in-) 315. 207. P 2.34 (stant before receding into the mists of time.) 315. 193. P 5.93 (Attempting to reorient his hurtling body,) 315. 179. P 1.88 (Gordon managed to get his face up over the) 315. 165. P 1.52 (rest of his body, but his feet kept wanting to) 315. 151. P 1.42 (fly up behind him, forcing him into a double) 315. 137. P 1.44 (somersault. Finally, he managed to face for-) 315. 123. P 1.58 (ward \050or backward, temporally\051 in a more or) 315. 109. P (less upright sitting position.) 315. 95. T 2.55 (Up ahead, at the end of the tunnel, was) 333. 81. P FMENDPAGE %%Page: "6" 6 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (McReynolds / No One Ever Said Time Travel Would Be Easy) 278.32 748. T (Page 6) 511.95 36. T 6 F 3.09 (darkness. He was now nearing the end of) 72. 711. P 3.1 (*his* portion of the journey. Scenes of his) 72. 697. P 1.88 (early years were now flitting by with an ev-) 72. 683. P 3.75 (er-increasing speed so they appeared about) 72. 669. P 3.21 (as dim as did his memories of those same) 72. 655. P 3.08 (years. From the end of the tunnel a great) 72. 641. P 3.45 (wailing noise resounded. Someone was in) 72. 627. P 2.2 (great pain. Suddenly, legs spread wide sur-) 72. 613. P 2.34 (rounding a large vagina loomed before him.) 72. 599. P 4.35 (Would he be able to make it? "I really) 72. 585. P 5.21 (shouldn\325t have eaten that cheeseburger in) 72. 571. P 2.36 (\32573," Gordon thought to himself, remember-) 72. 557. P 2.39 (ing the size and weight restrictions imposed) 72. 543. P 3.96 (by time travel. He braced himself for im-) 72. 529. P 3.17 (pact. The soft material, at this speed, had) 72. 515. P 4.38 (the force of hitting a brick wall at thirty) 72. 501. P 4.39 (miles per hour. Just barely, he squeezed) 72. 487. P 1.91 (through the small opening. An instant later,) 72. 473. P 7.34 (Gordon lost consciousness in the sweet) 72. 459. P (taste of amniotic fluid.) 72. 445. T 3.61 (The surgeon looked nervous behind his) 90. 417. P 1.59 (white mask. This woman was far too old to) 72. 403. P 3.59 (be having a child. The labor had already) 72. 389. P 5.95 (been hell \050the last seventy-two hours of) 72. 375. P 2.63 (it.\051 However, it now looked as though she) 72. 361. P (was going to make it.) 72. 347. T 7.58 ("That\325s it, Mrs. Azul. Easy. Now) 90. 333. P 11 F 2.26 (breathe!) 72. 319. P 6 F 2.26 ( That\325s good!" A nurse blotted the) 114. 319. P 4.27 (sweat-covered forehead of the middle-aged) 72. 305. P 5.67 (woman, whose screams and moans filled) 72. 291. P 2.26 (the delivery room. "We\325re just about there,) 72. 277. P 1.05 (Mrs. Azul. Now one or two more good push-) 72. 263. P 4.21 (es, and we\325ll have him," said the Doctor.) 72. 249. P 2.29 (He now took an instrument that vaguely re-) 72. 235. P 7.6 (sembled ice-tongues and approached the) 72. 221. P 2.09 (birth canal. "I\325m going to have to pull him) 72. 207. P 1.7 (out by the head," the doctor warned. "Now,) 72. 193. P 1.48 (when I give you the signal, push. OK, now,) 72. 179. P 11 F (push!) 315. 711. T 6 F (") 343.68 711. T 2.62 (The doctor reached into the body cavity) 333. 697. P 4.38 (and now pulled at the tiny head that ap-) 315. 683. P 2.38 (peared at the opening with his metal instru-) 315. 669. P 3.99 (ment. "One more time." He almost had) 315. 655. P 2.21 (him, then, there was the sound of an explo-) 315. 641. P 1.81 (sion somewhere within the body of the mid-) 315. 627. P 3.48 (dle-aged woman. The doctor lost his grip) 315. 613. P 1.09 (upon the baby, badly scarring its tiny face on) 315. 599. P 1.55 (each side from its little blue mouth to its lit-) 315. 585. P 2.67 (tle blue ears. This child would carry these) 315. 571. P 1.67 (scars for the rest of his life. The doctor fell) 315. 557. P 2.1 (backward on the floor as the woman\325s body) 315. 543. P 2.57 (shuddered again. There was another damp-) 315. 529. P 2.89 (ened explosion and a loud "Pop!" and sud-) 315. 515. P 1.67 (denly the baby shot out of the opening, flew) 315. 501. P 3.42 (five feet across the room, and landed in a) 315. 487. P 3.29 (pile of linens that were being stored there.) 315. 473. P 2.47 (A nurse rushed over to the place where the) 315. 459. P (baby had landed.) 315. 445. T 8.41 (The EKG responded with a steady) 333. 431. P 9.74 ("Beeeeeeeeeeeeee..." The woman was) 315. 417. P 0.96 (dead. Suddenly, the scream of a newborn in-) 315. 403. P 2.09 (fant\325s first tears filled the room. There was) 315. 389. P (much applause.) 315. 375. T 0 F 1.56 (Phillip is a senior, majoring in Philosophy at Missis-) 315. 336. P 4.03 (sippi State University. His philosophical interests) 315. 324. P 4.17 (center around epistemology, literary criticism, and) 315. 312. P 2.14 (the philosophy of language. His current philosophi-) 315. 300. P 1.19 (cal project has been to "whip the dead horse of Logi-) 315. 288. P 2. (cal Positivism until it is nothing but a bloody pulp.") 315. 276. P 1.99 (Even so, he remains convinced that Rudolph Carnap) 315. 264. P 3.24 (is one of the premier philosophers of the last two) 315. 252. P 1.89 (centuries, next to C.S. Peirce. He has also been in-) 315. 240. P 2.78 (fluenced by contemporary literature, especially Tho-) 315. 228. P 4.49 (mas Pynchon and Allain Robbe-Grillet. Phillip\325s) 315. 216. P 2.18 (most noteworthy accomplishment to date, he says, is) 315. 204. P 1.94 (his marriage to the "beautiful and talented" Rebecca) 315. 192. P (Beattie McReynolds.) 315. 180. T 315. 172. 540. 172. 2 L 0 H N 315. 352. 540. 352. 2 L N FMENDPAGE %%Page: "7" 7 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 7) 511.95 36. T 6 F 3.45 ("Don\325t worry," I said to her in a calm) 90. 639. P 4.59 (voice as we sat in my room, which was) 72. 625. P 5.06 (darkened just enough to project the right) 72. 611. P 6. (mood for a first hypnosis session \050well,) 72. 597. P 1.9 (that\325s what I\325ve read\051. "I can\325t make you do) 72. 583. P 1.75 (anything you don\325t want to do, and this first) 72. 569. P 2.34 (session will only get you prepared for later.) 72. 555. P 5.45 (You won\325t forget anything, and it won\325t) 72. 541. P (even seem like you\325re under hypnosis.") 72. 527. T 3.85 (She nodded and smiled. "I\325m not wor-) 90. 513. P 1.51 (ried," she said, "I don\325t know if you know it) 72. 499. P (or not, but everyone at school trusts you.") 72. 485. T 3.1 (I nodded, while laughing a little bit in-) 90. 471. P 3.67 (side. The small two-page hypnosis guide I) 72. 457. P 2.39 (got from the local computer hacker was the) 72. 443. P 2.77 (only thing separating me from all the other) 72. 429. P (people at the high school, including Sandy.) 72. 415. T 1.74 ("Now, I want you to sit back and relax.") 90. 401. P 2.12 (I took a candle out of my desk drawer. Her) 72. 387. P 7.17 (eyes, which had begun to drift closed,) 72. 373. P (popped open.) 72. 359. T 2.93 ("What\325s the candle for?" she asked, not) 90. 345. P (as suspiciously as curiously.) 72. 331. T 3.11 (What was it that the "Guide to Hypno-) 90. 317. P (tism" had said?) 72. 303. T 0.89 ("The candle is to, uh, relax and calm you,) 90. 289. P 2.1 (so your mind is more susceptible to sugges-) 72. 275. P 2.96 (tion. That way, I can begin to prepare you) 72. 261. P (for the next session.") 72. 247. T 1.51 ("Oh, okay." She closed her eyes, and left) 90. 233. P 2.84 (it at that. I honestly don\325t know why these) 72. 219. P 4.23 (people trust me. I certainly wouldn\325t trust) 72. 205. P (myself.) 72. 191. T 2.31 ("Now, relax and concentrate on the can-) 90. 177. P 5.01 (dle flame. Watch the flame slowly move) 72. 163. P 2.13 (back and forth. As it moves back and forth,) 72. 149. P 2.79 (you can feel yourself becoming calmer. All) 72. 135. P 3.77 (your stress leaves your body, and you are) 72. 121. P 4.74 (completely relaxed. Your mind is floating) 72. 107. P 3.29 (free of all tensions, and your worries have) 72. 93. P 1.05 (left you." My relaxing talk went on for a few) 72. 79. P 1.59 (more minutes, but I was wondering if I real-) 315. 639. P 4.95 (ly needed it. After all, everybody always) 315. 625. P 1.44 (seemed to be completely relaxed in my pres-) 315. 611. P (ence.) 315. 597. T 2.92 ("You are now experiencing hypnosis," I) 333. 583. P 1.11 (said in my soft tones, "and it does not feel in) 315. 569. P 2.92 (the least bit menacing. This is but the first) 315. 555. P 3.14 (in a series of hypnosis sessions which will) 315. 541. P 1.73 (increase your self assurance and my Biology) 315. 527. P 1.84 (grade. You can now open your eyes and the) 315. 513. P (hypnosis session will be concluded.") 315. 499. T 3.13 (As she opened her eyes I blew out the) 333. 485. P 4.24 (candle and walked over to the window. I) 315. 471. P 1.59 (pulled the shade down, and it rolled back up) 315. 457. P 3.25 (into place at the top of the window. Light) 315. 443. P (filled the room.) 315. 429. T 4.99 ("Well, that\325s all for today," I said to) 333. 415. P 2.26 (Sandy. "We can do this again... maybe next) 315. 401. P (week?") 315. 387. T 2.82 ("Sure, that\325d be nice," she said in a re-) 333. 373. P 2.89 (laxed tone. My little suggestions seemed to) 315. 359. P (work wonders.) 315. 345. T 7.68 (On Wednesday, I called Sandy and) 333. 317. P 1.5 (asked if she could come over on Friday. She) 315. 303. P 1.15 (said she could stop by for a few minutes, but) 315. 289. P 5.06 (she was planning on doing things Friday) 315. 275. P 1.72 (night. I didn\325t bother to ask what. Partying\325s) 315. 261. P 1.67 (not my kind of thing. If I lost control of my) 315. 247. P 2.85 (faculties, I might let it slip that I\325m not as) 315. 233. P 1.15 (competent as they all think I am. And I can\325t) 315. 219. P (let that happen.) 315. 205. T 2.38 (Friday, after school, I met Sandy on the) 333. 191. P 1.45 (way to the school parking lot. I don\325t have a) 315. 177. P 2.42 (car, and it\325s just as well because I\325d proba-) 315. 163. P (bly wreck it in a split second.) 315. 149. T 3.62 (Now let me make this perfectly clear--) 333. 135. P 1.86 (Sandy\325s a really nice girl, and she\325s actually) 315. 121. P 4.05 (quite pretty, but I was never interested in) 315. 107. P 2.25 (her. Really. Now, I know that guys like me) 315. 93. P 3.15 (always seem to have a reputation for slob-) 315. 79. P 72. 666. 540. 666. 2 L 1 H N 10 F (Master of Delusion) 72. 710. T 72. 707.87 183.23 708.63 R V 4 F (By Jason Snell) 72. 694. T 9 F (pa1033%sdcc13@ucsd.edu) 72. 680. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "8" 8 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 8) 511.95 36. T 6 F 2.88 (bering all over any girl who might give us) 72. 711. P 1.5 (the time of day, but that\325s just not true. Be-) 72. 697. P 1.84 (sides, my friend Steve always had it bad for) 72. 683. P 7.21 (Sandy. He wanted her. Everywhere she) 72. 669. P 3.09 (went, he followed. In fact, he was the one) 72. 655. P (who suggested I get Sandy as my subject.) 72. 641. T 2.29 (Do you get the impression that my hyp-) 90. 627. P 5.07 (nosis experiment wasn\325t exactly based on) 72. 613. P 3.61 (scientific curiosity? Very smart, my friend,) 72. 599. P (very smart. Indeed it wasn\325t.) 72. 585. T 1.09 (So, anyway, Sandy and I got into her car,) 90. 571. P 2.75 (a cute little \32568 Mustang, and we drove on) 72. 557. P 4.26 (over to my house. She had her car radio) 72. 543. P 2.98 (blasting "Tequila Sunrise" and was wearing) 72. 529. P 2.75 (tight blue jeans and a denim jacket. I must) 72. 515. P 2.96 (tell you, I felt like quite an important guy,) 72. 501. P 1.41 (riding out of the high school parking lot in a) 72. 487. P 1.38 (hot car, driven by a cute babe, blasting some) 72. 473. P 6.15 (tunes. And we were going back to my) 72. 459. P (house, no less. Not bad.) 72. 445. T 3.45 (Then again, everyone thought I was an) 90. 431. P 3.2 (expert before then. No doubt I just hypno-) 72. 417. P 2.34 (tized her into being this way. Yeah, right. I) 72. 403. P 2.84 (couldn\325t hypnotize a chicken into laying an) 72. 389. P 1.91 (egg. Hell, I couldn\325t hypnotize it into cluck-) 72. 375. P (ing.) 72. 361. T 1.8 (When we got to my house and had gone) 90. 347. P 3.01 (inside, I pulled out my calendar and began) 72. 333. P 1.91 (planning when we\325d hold the next four hyp-) 72. 319. P 2.34 (nosis sessions over the next week. Then I\325d) 72. 305. P 2.63 (have the entire week to write up my report) 72. 291. P 3.01 (and get an excellent grade in Biology. The) 72. 277. P 3.06 (teacher loved me, and besides, he probably) 72. 263. P 4.24 (thought I was an expert too. My Biology) 72. 249. P (grade was most definitely cake.) 72. 235. T 3.08 ("Tommy," Sandy said to me in a deep,) 90. 221. P 1.23 (sexy voice, "I want you to read something of) 72. 207. P (mine. Would you?") 72. 193. T 1.34 (My voice went up two octaves, but I still) 90. 179. P 2.46 (managed to squeak out "Sure!" to her. Sign) 72. 165. P 0.82 (me up for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and) 72. 151. P 2.37 (fast. Either that, or gag me and tie me to a) 72. 137. P (tree.) 72. 123. T 4.1 (Sandy took a piece of paper from her) 90. 109. P 1.27 (purse and handed it to me. I unfolded it and) 72. 95. P 1.1 (found that it was a poem. A love poem. The) 72. 81. P 2.02 (first part, ") 315. 711. P 7 F 2.02 (My heart\325s passion is for you/My) 370.92 711. P 5.58 (life breaks without you near) 315. 697. P 6 F 5.58 (" was really) 471.97 697. P 1.06 (dumb. But I liked the end bit: ") 315. 683. P 7 F 1.06 (Wherever you) 471.97 683. P 6.57 (go, my Love,/I will follow in the skies) 315. 669. P 1.83 (above.) 315. 655. P 6 F 1.83 (" I mean, she rhymed ) 346.66 655. P 7 F 1.83 (love) 461.36 655. P 6 F 1.83 ( and ) 481.35 655. P 7 F 1.83 (above) 508.34 655. P 6 F 1.83 (.) 537. 655. P (Now ) 315. 641. T 7 F (that) 341.33 641. T 6 F (\325s good poetry.) 360. 641. T ("Now ) 333. 627. T 7 F (that\325s) 364.22 627. T 6 F ( good poetry," I said to her.) 391.56 627. T 5.69 ("Really? Oh, thanks, Tommy! I\325m so) 333. 613. P 1.68 (glad you like it!" She gave me a kiss on the) 315. 599. P (cheek. Sigh.) 315. 585. T 4.54 (After we completed our little planning) 333. 571. P 5.81 (session and poetry workshop, we headed) 315. 557. P 1.97 (for the door. As I opened my front door for) 315. 543. P 2.93 (her, I began to speak out words that I had) 315. 529. P 2.25 (been composing for all of-- well, all of two) 315. 515. P 6.45 (seconds. They dropped right out of my) 315. 501. P (mouth.) 315. 487. T 1.21 ("I really want to thank you, Sandy. With-) 333. 473. P 1.5 (out you, my Biology grade would be in seri-) 315. 459. P 4.59 (ous trouble." ) 315. 445. P 7 F 4.59 (Yeah, sure) 388.74 445. P 6 F 4.59 (. "And you know) 444. 445. P 1.86 (how hard it would have been for me to find) 315. 431. P 4.84 (anyone willing to volunteer to be hypno-) 315. 417. P 7.62 (tized-- hypnotism scares people." ) 315. 403. P 7 F 7.62 (Mister) 508.67 403. P (humble) 315. 389. T 6 F (.) 350.33 389. T 5.2 (She batted her eyelashes at me, in a) 333. 375. P 3.05 (way that made me wish Steve was here to) 315. 361. P 2.13 (see it. "Oh, Tommy," she said, "every girl I) 315. 347. P 2.14 (know would have done this. Anything to be) 315. 333. P 4.12 (able to experience you in action." I don\325t) 315. 319. P 7.74 (know whether there was an underlying) 315. 305. P 2.91 (meaning to that statement, but I was afraid) 315. 291. P (to find out.) 315. 277. T ("Oh. Well, whatever," I said.) 333. 263. T 1.53 (I guess I\325m just the master of impromptu) 333. 249. P 2.94 (speaking. Somebody please stop me, before) 315. 235. P (I stick ) 315. 221. T 7 F (both) 347.66 221. T 6 F ( of my feet in my mouth.) 369. 221. T 2.34 (She bid me farewell, muttering a typical) 333. 207. P 3.6 (high school "seeyalater", and was about to) 315. 193. P 4.89 (turn around when my good buddy Steve,) 315. 179. P 1.34 (wonderful master of timing Steve, walked up) 315. 165. P 4.56 (the driveway. Sandy turned around, and,) 315. 151. P 2.28 (seeing him, smiled politely. She then turned) 315. 137. P 1.8 (around, crossed her eyes at me, and got into) 315. 123. P 1.6 (her car. I guess it was her sly way of telling) 315. 109. P (me that she liked me better than him.) 315. 95. T 2.48 (Sandy had started up the car and driven) 333. 81. P FMENDPAGE %%Page: "9" 9 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 9) 511.95 36. T 6 F (out when Steve\325s voice crept into my head.) 72. 711. T 4.37 ("Oh, man, she smiled at me," he was) 90. 697. P 6.8 (saying in his pathetic love-induced tone) 72. 683. P 1.67 (which I had heard far too much for comfort.) 72. 669. P 2.31 ("This is great. Now look, Tom. I called her) 72. 655. P 3.21 (up, begged her to call you, and she\325s now) 72. 641. P 4.87 (your hypnosis subject. She wouldn\325t have) 72. 627. P (done it if it weren\325t for me.") 72. 613. T 2.38 (I didn\325t have the heart to mention about) 90. 599. P 2.42 (how well-loved I was, about how all of the) 72. 585. P 1.04 (girls wanted me to pick them for my Biology) 72. 571. P (project.) 72. 557. T 1.98 ("So you\325ve got to do this for me, Tom.") 90. 543. P 7.19 (Then he started with his scheme. "We) 72. 529. P 1.86 (agreed that if I got Sandy to be your guinea) 72. 515. P (pig, you\325d hypnotize her into loving me.") 72. 501. T 1.93 ("Oh, was that the plan, Steve? I seem to) 90. 487. P 2.56 (recall something vaguely along those lines.") 72. 473. P 3.38 (I had agreed to Steve\325s plan, of course. If) 72. 459. P 3.07 (you\325ve been paying close attention, though,) 72. 445. P 3.5 (you\325ll realize that I had absolutely nothing) 72. 431. P 0.91 (backing up that little promise of mine. Relax-) 72. 417. P 2.37 (ing her was going to be tough enough as it) 72. 403. P (was.) 72. 389. T 2.58 ("Good. Thanks, Tom!" Steve was happy) 90. 375. P (again. "Can I watch Dave with you?") 72. 361. T 3. (Sure, I told him, I\325djust) 90. 347. P 7 F 3. (love) 214.68 347. P 6 F 3. (it. Watching) 234.67 347. P 3.17 (Letterman with Steve was a seriously lame) 72. 333. P 3.23 (experience. Not only were the subtleties of) 72. 319. P 6. (Stupid Pet Tricks beyond his grasp, but) 72. 305. P 1.4 (even the meaning of Paul Shaffer completely) 72. 291. P (eluded him. Simpleton.) 72. 277. T 1.84 (He was probably my best friend, though,) 90. 263. P (so I put up with it.) 72. 249. T 3. (Saturday was a pretty lousy day, in the) 90. 221. P 3.17 (grand scheme of things. I was, of course,) 72. 207. P 4.27 (anxiously awaiting my second special ses-) 72. 193. P 1.57 (sion Sunday with Sandy. You know that any) 72. 179. P 5.07 (event involving that much alliteration has) 72. 165. P 5.5 (gotta be good. But that was still a day) 72. 151. P 6.67 (away, and so my Saturday was instead) 72. 137. P (spent with Steve. What a weenie.) 72. 123. T 2.89 (I mean, first off, I had to listen to him) 90. 109. P 1.78 (moan and complain about Sandy, which was) 72. 95. P 1.5 (bad enough. But then he conned me into go-) 72. 81. P (ing to the movies with him.) 315. 711. T 5.06 (Going to see the new Stallone movie) 333. 697. P 1.76 (might sound fun to you, especially if you\325ve) 315. 683. P 0.67 (got the I.Q. of wood pulp, but to me it sound-) 315. 669. P 2.15 (ed like ) 315. 655. P 7 F 2.15 (no fun) 354.63 655. P 6 F 2.15 ( sent down to walk among us) 387.11 655. P 1.93 (in human form. Come to think of, that was) 315. 641. P (Steve, too. The personification of ) 315. 627. T 7 F (no fun) 478.64 627. T 6 F (.) 508.98 627. T 2.04 (So, what did I do? I went to the movies) 333. 613. P 1.75 (with him on Saturday night, to see Sly blow) 315. 599. P (stuff up.) 315. 585. T 4.94 (About twenty people were outside the) 333. 571. P 3.17 (theater, in line to see Stallone, I guess. At) 315. 557. P 2.72 (the door, one of those typical employees at) 315. 543. P 3.05 (the Cinema 10 was selling tickets-- he had) 315. 529. P 2.67 (what I could only call ) 315. 515. P 7 F 2.67 (big hair) 435.98 515. P 6 F 2.67 (. Piles of it.) 476.99 515. P 1.09 (Poofing up all over the place. There were ten) 315. 501. P 2.56 (screens in the place, all about the size of a) 315. 487. P 5.22 (shoebox \050with mono sound, no less\051 and) 315. 473. P 6.54 (they probably had fifteen employees for) 315. 459. P (those ten screens. And they all had ) 315. 445. T 7 F (big hair) 484.97 445. T 6 F (.) 523.31 445. T 2.5 (While Steve was rambling on about one) 333. 431. P 3.89 (thing or another, about how "cool" it was) 315. 417. P 2.28 (when Stallone shot at communists or homo-) 315. 403. P 3.86 (sexuals or whoever he shoots at, my eyes) 315. 389. P 2.26 (were scanning the line in front of us. I was) 315. 375. P 3.89 (specifically looking at a girl, about seven-) 315. 361. P 2.04 (teen, standing in the middle of the line. She) 315. 347. P 5.36 (was about 5\3256", with teased blonde hair.) 315. 333. P 3.86 (Her lips were shiny with red lipstick, and) 315. 319. P 3.82 (her eyes were shaded with dark blue eye-) 315. 305. P (shadow. She looked great.) 315. 291. T 2.1 (From the neck down, it was even better.) 333. 277. P 4.44 (She was wearing a tight blouse, her fair-) 315. 263. P 4.6 (sized breasts straining against the buttons.) 315. 249. P 4.89 (She wore a tight leather miniskirt, which) 315. 235. P 3.86 (drew my attention to her legs, made even) 315. 221. P 3.62 (more appealing by the black stockings she) 315. 207. P (wore. And, at the bottom, spiked heels.) 315. 193. T 5.34 (She looked at me, snapping her gum) 333. 179. P 1.91 (\050they ) 315. 165. P 7 F 1.91 (always) 344.57 165. P 6 F 1.91 ( snap their gum, girls like that\051,) 377.9 165. P 5.11 (and I stopped slouching, pushed my hair) 315. 151. P 3.67 (back from my forehead a little, just to be) 315. 137. P 2.17 (subtle, and smiled at her. She smiled back,) 315. 123. P 3.86 (and then licked her lips. Soft pink tongue) 315. 109. P (over bright, shiny red lipstick. I wanted her.) 315. 95. T (And Steve was with me, damn him.) 333. 81. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "10" 10 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 10) 506.95 36. T 6 F 5.17 (I listened carefully when she and the) 90. 711. P 4.29 (two girls she was with reached the ticket) 72. 697. P 3.01 (window, and discovered that they were go-) 72. 683. P 7.77 (ing to see a comedy. Thank God-- I) 72. 669. P 1.38 (wouldn\325t be able to accept a girl who actual-) 72. 655. P 3.15 (ly wanted to see Sly in action. So what if) 72. 641. P (she popped her gum?) 72. 627. T 2.78 (Anyway, Steve and I bought our tickets) 90. 613. P 2.84 (and went into the fifth theater. In there we) 72. 599. P 4.11 (found a huge collection of mental misfits,) 72. 585. P 2.53 (many more than I\325d ever seen before. They) 72. 571. P 2.15 (wore ) 72. 557. P 7 F 2.15 (Rambo) 101.14 557. P 6 F 2.15 ( T-Shirts. One couple sang the) 135.13 557. P 7 F 3.95 (Over the Top) 72. 543. P 6 F 3.95 ( theme while they arm-wres-) 143.23 543. P (tled.) 72. 529. T 0.88 (All of this time, of course, I was planning) 90. 501. P 1.6 (my escape from Steve. I figured that if I ex-) 72. 487. P 4.05 (cused myself to go to the bathroom, he\325d) 72. 473. P 1.88 (probably go with me. Steve was like that. If) 72. 459. P 2.77 (I went to get refreshments, though, I might) 72. 445. P 2.08 (be able to go alone and offer to bring some) 72. 431. P (back for him. Then I was home free.) 72. 417. T 2.13 (Steve had me get him a small Coke and) 90. 403. P 1.46 (a medium popcorn-- he gave me $20 to cov-) 72. 389. P 2.79 (er the Coke-and-corn. My plan worked like) 72. 375. P (a charm. Of course. It was ) 72. 361. T 7 F (my) 204.29 361. T 6 F ( plan, after all.) 218.28 361. T 1.38 (The comedy that my girl had gone to see) 90. 333. P 2.01 (with her two friends started five minutes af-) 72. 319. P 4.86 (ter ours. In other words, while Steve sat) 72. 305. P 3.62 (through the trailers-- which were no doubt) 72. 291. P 2.41 (advertising another movie featuring an adult) 72. 277. P 2.15 (and child switching bodies, or maybe a sec-) 72. 263. P 4.17 (ond-rate comedian teamed with a dog, or,) 72. 249. P 4.48 (better yet, a second-rate comedian switch-) 72. 235. P 2.38 (ing bodies with a puppy-- I could set about) 72. 221. P (wooing my desire.) 72. 207. T 7 F 2.45 (Wooing my desire) 90. 193. P 6 F 2.45 (-- that\325s right, isn\325t it?) 181.55 193. P 3.38 (That\325s how the Romeos, the Don Juans of) 72. 179. P 3.5 (history put it, isn\325t it? I doubt they talked) 72. 165. P 1.67 (about trying to get into a girl\325s pants. I real-) 72. 151. P 0.4 (ly do. Talk like that was for, uh, ) 72. 137. P 7 F 0.4 (uncouth cre-) 235.61 137. P 1. (tins) 72. 123. P 6 F 1. (. So I walked into the still filling theater) 89.34 123. P 2.91 (\050it wasn\325t ) 72. 109. P 5 F 2.91 (Bargain Night-- all seats $3) 126.47 109. P 6 F 2.91 (, so) 277.42 109. P 1.13 (it wasn\325t that full\051 and looked for my woman) 72. 95. P (and her two friends.) 72. 81. T 6.12 (They were six rows back, and three) 333. 711. P 2. (seats in. My love was on the aisle side, and) 315. 697. P 3.01 (there were three empty seats next to her. I) 315. 683. P 1.41 (set a course for the middle of the three emp-) 315. 669. P 2.38 (ties, ) 315. 655. P 7 F 2.38 (warp factor one Mister Sulu, damn the) 340.05 655. P (\050photon\051 torpedoes) 315. 641. T 6 F (.) 406.66 641. T 1.92 (I sat down in the chair. ) 333. 627. P 7 F 1.92 (Lock phasers on) 457.5 627. P 4.86 (charm) 315. 613. P 6 F 4.86 (. Then I turned and looked at her,) 345.66 613. P (feigning surprise. She smiled.) 315. 599. T 3.32 ("Hi!" she said in a high voice. Well, I) 333. 585. P (didn\325t expect poetry.) 315. 571. T 1.82 ("Hi there," I said, shrewdly, and wiggled) 333. 557. P 3.58 (my fingers in a sort of low-profile, cutesy) 315. 543. P (wave.) 315. 529. T 4.05 ("Aren\325t you ) 333. 515. P 7 F 4.05 (Tommy Baker) 401.32 515. P 6 F 4.05 (?" she asked) 472.35 515. P 2.58 (me, saying my name in the way you might) 315. 501. P (say the name of a movie star.) 315. 487. T 2.99 ("How do you know that?" I asked in a) 333. 473. P 3.56 (semblance of modesty. How ) 315. 459. P 7 F 3.56 (did) 468.88 459. P 6 F 3.56 ( she know) 484.22 459. P (it?) 315. 445. T 11.45 ("Oh, you\325re kinda famous around) 333. 431. P 1.28 (school." She cracked her gum. "You\325re hyp-) 315. 417. P (notizing Sandy Chambers, right?") 315. 403. T 6.2 ("Yeah, that\325s me." I smiled. "What\325s) 333. 389. P 1.2 (your name?" Oh, I must be the king of origi-) 315. 375. P (nality.) 315. 361. T 2.87 ("Trish. Trish Brooks." She paused for a) 333. 347. P 3.73 (second, but I was enthralled, watching her) 315. 333. P 2.91 (lips, her eyes, \050) 315. 319. P 7 F 2.91 (her breasts) 396.71 319. P 6 F 2.91 (\051, and said noth-) 453.28 319. P 2.36 (ing. Fortunately, she continued. "You know,) 315. 305. P 5.23 (Sandy\325s pretty lucky. I would have been) 315. 291. P 4.29 (glad to let you hypnotize me-- just for a) 315. 277. P (chance to see you in action.") 315. 263. T (Hadn\325t I heard this somewhere before?) 333. 249. T 2.93 ("Wow. Thanks." ) 333. 235. P 7 F 2.93 (Me, the master of dia-) 421.97 235. P (logue) 315. 221. T 6 F (.) 341.66 221. T 3.96 (Then a thought came to mind. I don\325t) 333. 207. P 2.17 (know why I did it, but I did. It just slipped) 315. 193. P 1.96 (out of my mouth, probably because of some) 315. 179. P 2.96 (chemical reactions a bit lower down in my) 315. 165. P (body.) 315. 151. T 2.57 ("Say," I said slyly, "I don\325t know about) 333. 137. P 4.45 (how I\325m progressing with Sandy. I might) 315. 123. P (need some more data from someone else.") 315. 109. T 6.06 (She gave sort of a questioning half-) 333. 95. P (smile. "Really?") 315. 81. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "11" 11 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 11) 506.95 36. T 6 F 1.86 ("Sure! If you\325re interested, and you have) 90. 711. P 1.91 (some spare time during a few evenings over) 72. 697. P (the next week or so...") 72. 683. T 6.98 ("Great!" she said, and smiled again.) 90. 669. P 1.53 (Those lips. Wow. We watched the movie to-) 72. 655. P (gether, just us and her two friends.) 72. 641. T 5.28 (I\325ve never been so glad that Stallone) 90. 627. P 2.81 (movies tend to run longer than comedies. I) 72. 613. P 2.96 (managed to bring Steve his Coke and pop-) 72. 599. P (corn toward the end of the climax.) 72. 585. T 2.32 ("Where have you been?" he asked faint-) 90. 571. P (ly as he kept his eyes fixed on the screen.) 72. 557. T 0.87 ("Long line," I murmured, and handed him) 90. 543. P 3.41 (his nourishment. He gave an understanding) 72. 529. P 1.64 (grunt and left it at that. What a guy. What a) 72. 515. P (moron.) 72. 501. T 2.75 (Sandy was out like a light. I had really) 90. 473. P 4.29 (done it-- but, then, one episode of ) 72. 459. P 7 F 4.29 (Cosby) 267. 459. P 6 F 1.58 (would have probably done the same thing. It) 72. 445. P (was a good idea not to get cocky.) 72. 431. T 4.54 ("Imagine yourself on a cloud," I said.) 90. 417. P 4.63 ("You are resting peacefully, with a slight) 72. 403. P 6.43 (breeze caressing your gorgeous body." I) 72. 389. P 3.92 (guess positive reinforcement during hypno-) 72. 375. P (sis is always a good idea.) 72. 361. T 2.79 ("A tingling sensation begins to work its) 90. 347. P 4.11 (way through your toes, moving slowly up) 72. 333. P 7.87 (through your feet, making them warm,) 72. 319. P (heavy, and relaxed.") 72. 305. T 5.2 (It was working. I could see her toes) 90. 291. P 1.19 (wriggling in her shoes. I was actually hypno-) 72. 277. P 3.84 (tizing her-- of course, all I had done was) 72. 263. P 1.58 (put her feet to sleep, which wouldn\325t exactly) 72. 249. P 2.61 (get Steve a date. Unless he had a foot fe-) 72. 235. P (tish.) 72. 221. T 3.7 ("The cloud is soft," I continued in my) 90. 207. P 7 F 7.51 (New And Improved Hypnosis Monotone) 72. 193. P 6 F 7.51 (,) 294. 193. P 4.06 ("and your body is supported by that soft-) 72. 179. P 1.64 (ness." The cloud she was lying on was actu-) 72. 165. P 5.79 (ally my bed. And no, I didn\325t buy the) 72. 151. P 4.94 (Garfield sheets-- my mother did. Besides,) 72. 137. P (Sandy said that they were cute.) 72. 123. T 4.09 ("The tingling gently and slowly moves) 90. 109. P 4.17 (up your sexy legs, relaxing them. Making) 72. 95. P 4.02 (them warm and heavy." I theorized that I) 72. 81. P 6.84 (could probably have had my way with) 315. 711. P 2.76 (Sandy\325s kneecaps if I wanted to, but I was) 315. 697. P (much too big a man to do such a thing.) 315. 683. T 1.13 ("That feeling moves slowly into your, uh,) 333. 669. P 6.74 (chest, making your breathing relaxed as) 315. 655. P 1.64 (well." With that, she let out a deep sigh, her) 315. 641. P 5.84 (breasts straining against her shirt as she) 315. 627. P 2.34 (made her final deep inhalation. I knew then) 315. 613. P (that I should have set up the video camera.) 315. 599. T 1.16 ("And now it reaches your head. You drift) 333. 585. P 1.88 (away into the blue sky as you rest blissfully) 315. 571. P 2.02 (in the cloud." That cloud was exactly where) 315. 557. P 4.42 (I wanted her. I figured that it was about) 315. 543. P (time to start the suggestions. Sure it was.) 315. 529. T 2.86 ("On a nearby cloud," I began, "you see) 333. 515. P 5. (someone drifting toward you. As he gets) 315. 501. P 3.96 (closer and closer, you see that he\325s unbe-) 315. 487. P 4.48 (lievably attractive. You seem to recognize) 315. 473. P (him from somewhere...") 315. 459. T 3.28 (Sandy was breathing harder and harder.) 333. 445. P 3.04 (I wasn\325t sure if this was the right thing to) 315. 431. P 6.07 (do-- besides, hypnotism wasn\325t meant to) 315. 417. P 2.12 (work so well. I was afraid that if I suggest-) 315. 403. P 1.49 (ed that the man on the cloud was Abe Vigo-) 315. 389. P (da, Sandy would fall in love with him.) 315. 375. T (Nobody should have that kind of power.) 333. 361. T ("You told her it was ) 333. 333. T 7 F (who) 432.89 333. T 6 F (?") 452.89 333. T 1.78 (Steve needed a little calming. I theorized) 333. 319. P 3.41 (that a blow to the head with a frozen TV) 315. 305. P 0.93 (dinner might do the trick, but I decided to try) 315. 291. P (talking him down.) 315. 277. T 1.69 ("Tom Cruise. Don\325t worry about it. I de-) 333. 263. P 1.1 (cided that it was far too soon to have her fall) 315. 249. P 1.75 (in love with you." I mean, I wasn\325t sure if I) 315. 235. P 4.12 (could hypnotize anyone before, but now I) 315. 221. P (was afraid that I might be too good.) 315. 207. T 4.7 ("But why Tom Cruise?" he whined. I) 333. 193. P 1.63 (suppose I could have picked some other me-) 315. 179. P 4.67 (dia stud, like Val Kilmer, Kirk Cameron,) 315. 165. P 1.43 (William Shatner, or Don Knotts, but I decid-) 315. 151. P (ed that Cruise would be safe.) 315. 137. T 2.64 ("I wanted to see how powerful the sug-) 333. 123. P 0.59 (gestion would be, stupid!" ) 315. 109. P 7 F 0.59 (Oh, yeah, big shot-) 446.58 109. P 4.15 (- make Steve feel dumb. Choose the hard) 315. 95. P (jobs) 315. 81. T 6 F (.) 335. 81. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "12" 12 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 12) 506.95 36. T 6 F 5.57 ("So now she thinks that Tom Cruise) 90. 711. P 2.47 (wants her to be relaxed? Why not have her) 72. 697. P (think that he wants her to love me?") 72. 683. T 1.79 ("You don\325t get it, do you, Steve? Look.") 90. 669. P 2.26 (I sat down next to him, placed my hand on) 72. 655. P 3.96 (his shoulder, and hoped that I could keep) 72. 641. P 1.41 (physical contact at a minimum. "My Biology) 72. 627. P 2.1 (project is supposed to be about hypnosis re-) 72. 613. P 2.33 (lieving stress in individuals. I have to make) 72. 599. P 3.05 (an effort. Besides, she\325s got two more ses-) 72. 585. P 4.17 (sions, on Wednesday and Friday. I\325ve got) 72. 571. P 0.93 (plenty of time to make her love you. Or want) 72. 557. P (you. Or whatever you like.") 72. 543. T 4.4 (Then Steve did something quite amaz-) 90. 529. P 1.89 (ing. He smiled, let out a big laugh, and pat-) 72. 515. P (ted me on the back. "Thanks, pal!" he said.) 72. 501. T 2.37 (It was at this point that I wondered if a) 90. 487. P 2.72 (nice, smart girl like Sandy deserved a gull-) 72. 473. P 4.08 (ible dweeb like Steve, especially consider-) 72. 459. P 1.33 (ing his horrible hypnosis plot. I mean, Sandy) 72. 445. P 1.88 (was one of the most caring and feeling peo-) 72. 431. P 2.88 (ple I had ever met. She wrote love poems.) 72. 417. P 4.77 (She told me that she cries whenever she) 72. 403. P 4.2 (sees a movie any more dramatic than the) 72. 389. P 3.12 (Three Stooges. And sometimes she cries at) 72. 375. P (the Stooges, too.) 72. 361. T 2.43 (She was a beautiful person. Did I really) 90. 347. P 1.44 (have the right to force her to love a guy like) 72. 333. P (Steve?) 72. 319. T 2.6 (Fortunately, it was a philosophical argu-) 90. 305. P 1.13 (ment that I wouldn\325t have to worry too much) 72. 291. P 1.63 (about. I had to get ready-- in a few minutes,) 72. 277. P 1.78 (I would be having a session with a girl who) 72. 263. P 3.17 (had teased blonde hair, wore leather minis,) 72. 249. P (and cracked her gum.) 72. 235. T 4.34 (They were pink this time-- her lips, I) 90. 207. P 2.25 (mean. And she wore tight jeans and a short) 72. 193. P 5.1 (top that exposed her waist. But she was) 72. 179. P (still gorgeous, and I still wanted her.) 72. 165. T 1.84 (Now, I know that I said I couldn\325t make) 90. 151. P 4.22 (someone do anything they didn\325t want to.) 72. 137. P 2.62 (But you\325ve got to remember, Trish told me) 72. 123. P 2.75 (that she\325d do anything to see me in action.) 72. 109. P 2.71 (So I figured that she probably liked me al-) 72. 95. P (ready. I just had to bring it out.) 72. 81. T 1.8 (And I know what I said about easing in-) 333. 711. P 7.14 (to hypnosis gradually, over several ses-) 315. 697. P 3.43 (sions. But things had gone so well before,) 315. 683. P 2.61 (with Sandy\325s relaxation and Tom Cruise on) 315. 669. P 4.09 (the cloud, that I figured I must have this) 315. 655. P 4.14 (hypnosis thing down by now. So I didn\325t) 315. 641. P 6.28 (wait-- the first time Trish Brooks came) 315. 627. P 5.67 (over for a session, we worked our way) 315. 613. P (around to the cloud pretty quick.) 315. 599. T 2.92 (The guy on the cloud, the one she was) 333. 585. P 3.12 (amazingly attracted to, was none other that) 315. 571. P 0.85 (yours truly. Who did you think I\325d put on Tr-) 315. 557. P (ish Brooks\325 cloud-- Don Rickles?) 315. 543. T 3.45 (After I had finished the session, count-) 333. 529. P 1.14 (ing from ten back to one, and filling in all of) 315. 515. P 5.06 (my typical suggestions of rest and relax-) 315. 501. P 4.39 (ation, Trish didn\325t seem much different. I) 315. 487. P 6.06 (guess that she was already interested in) 315. 473. P (me, and so it didn\325t make much difference.) 315. 459. T 2.53 (Standing by the front door, I decided to) 333. 445. P 4.53 (make my move. "Trish," I began, "I was) 315. 431. P 1.43 (wondering if you\325d like to do something Fri-) 315. 417. P (day night." I was getting pretty good at this.) 315. 403. T 5.93 ("Oh--" she smiled for a second, and) 333. 389. P 2.3 (then frowned. "I have something to do with) 315. 375. P 3. (my family on Friday night. It\325s my sister\325s) 315. 361. P (birthday.") 315. 347. T 2.89 ("Oh..." For a second, I thought that my) 333. 333. P 4. (hypnosis scheme was nothing but a sham,) 315. 319. P 3.63 (that I was nothing but a phony, a fake, a) 315. 305. P (charlatan...) 315. 291. T 6.16 ("I\325m free Saturday night. How about) 333. 277. P (then?") 315. 263. T 7 F (...but just for a second.) 333. 249. T 6 F 5.63 ("Saturday night would be great. How) 333. 235. P (about dinner and a movie?") 315. 221. T 2.76 ("Sounds great," she said, and licked her) 333. 207. P (lips.) 315. 193. T (I had the power. I really, really did.) 333. 179. T (Of course, I had known it all along.) 333. 165. T 2.57 (It was Thursday when Steve got his list) 333. 137. P 2.53 (of demands to me. I had already completed) 315. 123. P 4.07 (my Wednesday session with Sandy, which) 315. 109. P 2.42 (had went well, even if it wasn\325t very excit-) 315. 95. P 0.84 (ing. I wasn\325t getting much data for my Biolo-) 315. 81. P FMENDPAGE %%Page: "13" 13 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 13) 506.95 36. T 6 F 1.6 (gy project, but I figured that I\325d wait for the) 72. 711. P 3.5 (final session on Sunday night before inter-) 72. 697. P (viewing Sandy and assembling the report.) 72. 683. T 2.81 (Steve\325s demands were scrawled in blunt) 90. 669. P 3.55 (pencil on a torn sheet of binder paper-- it) 72. 655. P 3.77 (wasn\325t exactly neat. It looked more like a) 72. 641. P 3.1 (list of demands that a terrorist might have.) 72. 627. P 4.57 (Except, of course, that it said things like) 72. 613. P 1.45 ("Undying Affection" and "Everlasting Love",) 72. 599. P 3.59 (not to mention "Faithful Devotion". It was) 72. 585. P 2.86 (as if the terrorists had kidnapped the presi-) 72. 571. P (dent of Hallmark Cards.) 72. 557. T 1.05 (On top of all of those demands \050which he) 90. 543. P 1.56 (made as if he was ordering a pizza or some-) 72. 529. P 2.81 (thing\051, Steve required that I force Sandy to) 72. 515. P 2.04 (ask him out on a date. Steve was so gutless) 72. 501. P 7.17 (that he couldn\325t even stand asking out) 72. 487. P 2.88 (someone who had been bent to his will by) 72. 473. P (my expertise in hypnosis. What a weenie.) 72. 459. T 3.17 (So my Friday session with Sandy start-) 90. 445. P 2.3 (ed to bother me. When we were in her car,) 72. 431. P 0.84 (driving to my house, I began asking myself if) 72. 417. P 2.26 (I really wanted to do this to her. Steve was) 72. 403. P 2.67 (just a geek, but Sandy was a beautiful per-) 72. 389. P (son. She didn\325t deserve him.) 72. 375. T 2.1 (As we walked into my house and Sandy) 90. 361. P 1.34 (sat down on the bed, I tried to think of ways) 72. 347. P 2.58 (to explain the reasons for my not hypnotiz-) 72. 333. P 1.45 (ing Sandy. He was such an idiot that I could) 72. 319. P 5.94 (probably work something up by Sunday,) 72. 305. P 3.45 (when the experiment ended. And he\325d buy) 72. 291. P (it, as usual.) 72. 277. T 4.56 (I mean, really-- who would doubt my) 90. 263. P (word?) 72. 249. T 2.96 (Sandy shifted on my bed as I began to) 90. 221. P 2.38 (finish my suggestions for the day and bring) 72. 207. P 4.78 (her out of hypnosis. The suggestions had) 72. 193. P 3.53 (been working great, too. She said that she) 72. 179. P 3.43 (hadn\325t gotten into any fights with her par-) 72. 165. P 4.09 (ents in the past week, and that she knew) 72. 151. P 2.62 (that my hypnosis was responsible. I had no) 72. 137. P 3.43 (way of knowing if my suggestion that she) 72. 123. P 2.1 (cluck like a boneless chicken while she was) 72. 109. P (in bed had worked.) 72. 95. T 1.62 ("As you awaken," I said, "You\325ll feel re-) 90. 81. P 3.77 (laxed and invigorated. You will have the) 315. 711. P 2.5 (confidence to do well in life and in school,) 315. 697. P 3.8 (the energy to put your best effort into all) 315. 683. P 4.24 (that you do, and a relaxed attitude which) 315. 669. P (will keep your mind free from stress.") 315. 655. T 1.92 (I counted from 20 back to one, and then) 333. 641. P 2.63 (she slowly opened her eyes. Her legs trem-) 315. 627. P 4.05 (bled a little as she threw her arms above) 315. 613. P (her head and stretched.) 315. 599. T 1.25 ("Oh, Tommy," she said, "I feel so great!") 333. 585. P 1.88 (She sat up, lifting her head from my pillow,) 315. 571. P 3.55 (and dangled her feet over the edge of my) 315. 557. P 0.65 (bed. "You\325ve done so much for me, Tommy,") 315. 543. P (she said. "I really owe you a lot.") 315. 529. T 2.91 (I smiled, deciding that it would be best) 333. 515. P 3.04 (to be the King o\325 Humility in this circum-) 315. 501. P (stance.) 315. 487. T 10.91 ("It\325s no problem, really," I said.) 333. 473. P 2.02 ("Besides, you\325re helping my Biology project) 315. 459. P 4.14 (along, remember? Without you, there\325d be) 315. 445. P 7.14 (no Biology project. You\325re my subject!) 315. 431. P (You\325re the key!") 315. 417. T 2.77 (Hey-- I had managed to be humble and) 333. 403. P 4.95 (throw out a big compliment at the same) 315. 389. P (time. Sometimes I impress even myself.) 315. 375. T 1.01 ("How would you like to come with me to) 333. 361. P (Brad Johnson\325s party tonight?") 315. 347. T 7 F 2.28 (Brad Johnson?) 333. 333. P 6 F 2.28 ( The most popular guy at) 408.28 333. P (school?) 315. 319. T 7 F (Party?) 333. 305. T 6 F ( Me, invited to a party?) 365.66 305. T 7 F 1.59 (With Sandy?) 333. 291. P 6 F 1.59 ( Me, going to a party with a) 395.58 291. P (babe like Sandy?) 315. 277. T 1.03 ("Sure!" I said, trying not to sound too ex-) 333. 263. P 2.6 (cited, but failing. "When would be a good) 315. 249. P (time?") 315. 235. T ("I\325ll pick you up at ten," she said.) 333. 221. T 2.04 ("No problem!" I smiled again. It seemed) 333. 207. P (to work well.) 315. 193. T 6. (Sandy walked out the door, into the) 333. 179. P 4.95 (driveway, got in her Mustang, and drove) 315. 165. P (away.) 315. 151. T 2.05 (I had just fast forwarded past the end of) 333. 123. P 1.59 (my pirated copy of "The Full Figured Wom-) 315. 109. P 2.26 (an\325s Workout" that I watched every once in) 315. 95. P 5.05 (a while and was preparing to watch last) 315. 81. P FMENDPAGE %%Page: "14" 14 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 14) 506.95 36. T 6 F 3.78 (night\325s ) 72. 711. P 7 F 3.78 (Letterman) 112.12 711. P 6 F 3.78 ( when the phone rang. It) 161.45 711. P 3.77 (was Steve again, and this time he seemed) 72. 697. P (more anxious than ever.) 72. 683. T ("I just talked to Sandy," he said.) 90. 669. T 7 F (Uh-Oh.) 90. 655. T 6 F 1.92 ("We only talked for about a minute. She) 90. 641. P 1.7 (said she had to do a lot of things before she) 72. 627. P (goes out tonight.") 72. 613. T 1.27 ("Uh-huh..." I said, trying not to give any-) 90. 599. P (thing away.) 72. 585. T 3.25 ("She didn\325t ask me out, Tom! Did you) 90. 571. P (give her the suggestion yet?") 72. 557. T 3.11 ("No, not yet," I said, trying to get him) 90. 543. P 2.97 (back on the defensive. "I\325m still setting it) 72. 529. P 2.75 (up. You don\325t want me to blow this whole) 72. 515. P (thing, do you?") 72. 501. T 2.3 ("You\325ve had three sessions with her, for) 90. 487. P 3.7 (God\325s sake!" he cried. "You should have) 72. 473. P 5.05 (been able to do something by now! She) 72. 459. P (didn\325t even want to talk with me!") 72. 445. T 2.17 ("Everything will be fine," I lied. "You\325ll) 90. 431. P (get your woman, Steve. Don\325t worry.") 72. 417. T 3.54 ("I\325d better," he said. Steve didn\325t seem) 90. 403. P 4.16 (to be buying my explanation. "So, I\325ll be) 72. 389. P (over at 7:30, right?") 72. 375. T 7 F (Huh?) 90. 361. T 6 F ("7:30, Steve? What\325s at 7:30?") 90. 347. T 1.64 ("What do you mean, what\325s at 7:30? I\325m) 90. 333. P 1.1 (coming over, and we\325re going to watch ) 72. 319. P 7 F 1.1 (Ram-) 271.01 319. P (bo III) 72. 305. T 6 F (!") 98.99 305. T ("Oh... right. See you then.") 90. 291. T 5.2 (Those Rambo movies only lasted two) 90. 277. P 2.29 (hours. Steve would be gone by 9:30. Plenty) 72. 263. P (of time to get ready for the party.) 72. 249. T 2.24 (Yeah, well, Steve got there late, and the) 90. 221. P 3.42 (movie was over two hours long, so it fin-) 72. 207. P 3.59 (ished at 9:50. At least I had enough fore-) 72. 193. P 3.15 (sight to change into my party outfit before) 72. 179. P 1.51 (Steve came over. He didn\325t even notice that) 72. 165. P (I was wearing nice clothes.) 72. 151. T 3.38 (As soon as the movie ended, I jumped) 90. 137. P 2.04 (up and hit the rewind button on my VCR. I) 72. 123. P 2.82 (was hoping to get him out of the house as) 72. 109. P (quickly as possible.) 72. 95. T (There was a knock on the front door.) 90. 81. T 1.94 (Now, any normal person would probably) 333. 711. P 1.27 (be panicked at such a turn of events. I mean,) 315. 697. P 1.97 (I was going to a party with the girl that my) 315. 683. P 2.85 (friend was in love with, and he was still a) 315. 669. P 1.55 (little mad about the fact that I hadn\325t hypno-) 315. 655. P 1.17 (tized her into loving him. You can see where) 315. 641. P 9.5 (Steve\325s misconceptions might lead. He) 315. 627. P 1.21 (might come to the conclusion that I had hyp-) 315. 613. P (notized her into liking me.) 315. 599. T 3.1 (I didn\325t panic, though. Of course not. I) 333. 585. P 0.84 (would find some way out. I could explain my) 315. 571. P (way out of anything.) 315. 557. T 1.7 ("Wait here, and I\325ll get the door," I said.) 333. 543. P 3.63 (Steve always did as he was told-- he was) 315. 529. P 1.96 (like a faithful dog in that respect. Actually,) 315. 515. P 1.31 (he was like a dog in a lot of respects, one of) 315. 501. P (which was his intelligence.) 315. 487. T (He stayed in the room, just as I thought.) 333. 473. T 2.11 (I went to the door and opened it. It was) 333. 459. P 1.82 (Sandy, of course, and she looked better than) 315. 445. P 4.05 (ever. She was made up a little more, be-) 315. 431. P 3. (cause she was going to a big party. And I) 315. 417. P (was going, too.) 315. 403. T 2.71 (It was then that I figured out my grand) 333. 389. P 2.74 (scheme: I\325d just yell to Steve that I had to) 315. 375. P 3.1 (go with my mother somewhere, like to the) 315. 361. P 2.42 (store, and ask him to close the door behind) 315. 347. P (him when he left. A perfect plan.) 315. 333. T 2.29 (That was, of course, when Steve walked) 333. 319. P 4.11 (out from my room, holding his well-worn) 315. 305. P 7 F 2.76 (Rambo III) 315. 291. P 6 F 2.76 ( tape, and looked at Sandy and I) 366.74 291. P (with bug-eyes.) 315. 277. T 5.34 ("Sandy!" he said, shocked. "What are) 333. 263. P (you doing here?") 315. 249. T 2.5 (I was about to wince. But I didn\325t have) 333. 235. P (enough time.) 315. 221. T 3.02 ("Tommy and I are going to a party to-) 333. 207. P (night. Didn\325t he tell you?") 315. 193. T 7 F (Ouch.) 333. 179. T 6 F ("You\325re what?" Steve cried.) 333. 165. T 1.77 (Like I said, you can guess the inferences) 333. 151. P 1.22 (he made. I had, in his mind, used my hypno-) 315. 137. P 3.19 (tism for evil instead of good. The ultimate) 315. 123. P 2.42 (comic book sin. \050I always had a hunch that) 315. 109. P 2.94 (comic books comprised Steve\325s entire read-) 315. 95. P (ing list.\051) 315. 81. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "15" 15 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 15) 506.95 36. T 6 F 3.2 (After he was through yelling at me, he) 90. 711. P 3.23 (ran out the door, screaming something like) 72. 697. P 3.47 ("Friends don\325t betray friends! I\325ll never be) 72. 683. P (your friend again, you jerk!") 72. 669. T 3.67 (I don\325t remember his exact words. But) 90. 655. P (you get the idea.) 72. 641. T 4.74 (Sandy actually looked a little worried,) 90. 627. P (though. I tried to reassure her.) 72. 613. T 1.82 ("Don\325t worry," I said. "He\325s a real geek-) 90. 599. P 2.25 (- I should have ditched him years ago. You) 72. 585. P 1.55 (know what he did tonight? He wanted me to) 72. 571. P (watch ) 72. 557. T 7 F (Rambo III) 103.66 557. T 6 F ( with him." I laughed.) 152.64 557. T 3.15 (Sandy laughed a little, too. "Come on,") 90. 543. P (she said. We started out to the car.) 72. 529. T 2.06 (Brad Johnson\325s house was filled with all) 90. 501. P 1.75 (sorts of popular people, most of whom I did) 72. 487. P 1.67 (not know. Most of them knew me, though. I) 72. 473. P (guess I was more famous than popular.) 72. 459. T 3.81 ("Tommy Baker," one tall, well-muscled) 90. 445. P 1.85 (guy said, "you\325re the guy who\325s hypnotizing) 72. 431. P 1.73 (Sandy!" He reached out his hand, and shook) 72. 417. P 3.22 (mine. "Glad to meet you, buddy!" he said,) 72. 403. P (laughed, and drank some more beer.) 72. 389. T 0.74 ("To tell you the truth," he said, "if I could) 90. 375. P 1.29 (hypnotize Sandy, the first thing I\325d do would) 72. 361. P 4.1 (be to make her take off her clothes!" He) 72. 347. P (laughed again, and slapped me on the back.) 72. 333. T 1.78 (I wanted to tell him that I wanted to use) 90. 319. P 3.46 (my power for good, and not evil, but that) 72. 305. P (smelled like something Steve would say.) 72. 291. T 2.51 (Sandy came walking over, then, and the) 90. 277. P 4.34 (guy turned to walk away. As he passed) 72. 263. P 2.15 (her, he put his fist out in a thumbs-up sign,) 72. 249. P 2.75 (as if he were a slimmed down, pumped up) 72. 235. P 4. (Roger Ebert \050sort of an Ebert without the) 72. 221. P 1.89 (daily supply of rasinets and goobers\051, giving) 72. 207. P (me approval.) 72. 193. T 2.26 ("Are you having a good time, Tommy?") 90. 179. P (she asked.) 72. 165. T ("Sure," I said. And I was.) 90. 151. T 3.1 ("Great!" she said, "I\325m going to go get) 90. 137. P 2.58 (something to drink. Would you like me to) 72. 123. P 3.4 (get you something?" She was being quite) 72. 109. P 2.43 (hospitable toward me. I felt more and more) 72. 95. P 2.8 (relieved that I hadn\325t made her fall in love) 72. 81. P 3.39 (with Steve-- especially now that Steve had) 315. 711. P (shown how much of a friend he really was.) 315. 697. T ("Um, I\325d like a Coke." I smiled.) 333. 683. T ("Just a Coke?") 333. 669. T ("Yeah, just a Coke.") 333. 655. T 4.01 (She nodded, turned, and walked across) 333. 641. P 1.6 (the room. I kept her in my field of vision as) 315. 627. P 2.29 (she walked through different groups of peo-) 315. 613. P 2.45 (ple. Over at the other end of the room, she) 315. 599. P 1.01 (picked up a can of Coke and a bottle of beer.) 315. 585. P 4.84 (Just as she was opening the beer, a girl) 315. 571. P (walked up to her. They began talking.) 315. 557. T 1.17 (Of course, I have no idea what they actu-) 333. 543. P 2.34 (ally said. But I\325ve reconstructed the conver-) 315. 529. P 2.06 (sation by considering what happened after it) 315. 515. P 2. (ended. So pretend that this is like ) 315. 501. P 7 F 2. (In Search) 491.67 501. P 2.5 (Of...) 315. 487. P 6 F 2.5 (, and I\325m Leonard Nimoy \050just imagine) 336. 487. P (I\325ve got the pointed ears\051, and you\325ll be fine.) 315. 473. T 5 F (GIRL:) 315. 445. T 6 F 2.1 (It was nice of you to bring Tom-) 369. 445. P (my to the party.) 369. 431. T 5 F (SANDY:) 315. 417. T 6 F 3.88 (Well, he\325s been really nice, and) 369. 417. P 10.25 (those sessions of ours have) 369. 403. P 5.67 (helped me a lot. He\325s done a) 369. 389. P (great job.) 369. 375. T 5 F (GIRL:) 315. 361. T 6 F 8.92 (Sessions? I thought that you) 369. 361. P 3.39 (didn\325t work out and that he had) 369. 347. P (to find a new subject.) 369. 333. T 5 F (SANDY:) 315. 319. T 6 F (What? Where\325d you hear that?) 369. 319. T 5 F (GIRL:) 315. 305. T 6 F 7.83 (From Trish Brooks. She says) 369. 305. P (that she\325s his new subject.) 369. 291. T 7 F 2.48 (\050At this point, Sandy set down her beer,) 333. 263. P 2.33 (an act that I am now very grateful for. She) 315. 249. P 0.78 (still held my can of Coke in her hand, howev-) 315. 235. P 2.54 (er. At the same time, another girl joined in) 315. 221. P (the conversation.\051) 315. 207. T 5 F (GIRL 2:) 315. 179. T 6 F 1.25 (Consider yourself lucky that Tom-) 369. 179. P 2. (my couldn\325t use you. I heard that) 369. 165. P 2.41 (his geeky friend Steve was going) 369. 151. P 6.92 (to have Tommy hypnotize his) 369. 137. P 4.13 (subject into falling in love with) 369. 123. P (him.) 369. 109. T 5 F (GIRL 1:) 315. 95. T 6 F 5.2 (Gross! ) 369. 95. P 7 F 5.2 ( \050This is an assessment) 409.19 95. P (that I agree with.\051) 369. 81. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "16" 16 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Snell / Master of Delusion) 430. 748. T (Page 16) 506.95 36. T 6 F 3.74 (Then Sandy turned and started walking) 90. 711. P 1.23 (very quickly toward me, plowing through the) 72. 697. P 1.72 (groups of people that she had properly skirt-) 72. 683. P (ed around before.) 72. 669. T 3.63 ("Tommy, do you have another subject?) 90. 655. P 3.53 (And were you going to hypnotize me into) 72. 641. P 2.83 (falling in love with Steve?" She yelled this) 72. 627. P (to me from halfway across the room.) 72. 613. T 2.37 (It was at this point that I realized that I) 90. 599. P 2.13 (might be in the middle of a little confronta-) 72. 585. P (tion.) 72. 571. T 2.53 (By the time Sandy reached me, she had) 90. 557. P 2.34 (about six people behind her, three of whom) 72. 543. P 4.86 (were tall, strong guys. One of them was) 72. 529. P 3.88 (that guy who I had talked to earlier-- the) 72. 515. P ("hypnotize her naked" guy. You remember.) 72. 501. T 6.27 ("Um-- well," I stammered, "I\325m also) 90. 487. P (having sessions with Trish Brooks.") 72. 473. T 3.08 ("That slut!" one of the girls behind her) 90. 459. P (muttered.) 72. 445. T 4.46 ("And Steve did want me to hypnotize) 90. 431. P (you into loving him...") 72. 417. T 2.67 (I was going to use my diplomatic skills) 90. 403. P 2.19 (to explain how I had evaluated the situation) 72. 389. P 1.17 (and decided to use my abilities for good, and) 72. 375. P (not evil, but I didn\325t have the time.) 72. 361. T 2.48 (That was when Sandy threw that can of) 90. 347. P 2.34 (Coke at me. So now you see why I\325m glad) 72. 333. P 2.62 (she set down the beer. Aluminum is lighter) 72. 319. P (than glass.) 72. 305. T 4.54 (Then those big guys started advancing) 90. 291. P 3. (on me, as if I had insulted Sandy by even) 72. 277. P 6.54 (considering to hypnotize her into loving) 72. 263. P 2.41 (Steve. As if I had hurt her by adding Trish) 72. 249. P (as a second subject.) 72. 235. T 5.32 (I mean, Mister "hypnotize her naked") 90. 221. P 2.54 (was even coming to get me. As if he was) 72. 207. P (any better than me. What a hypocrite.) 315. 711. T 5.61 (Nevertheless, he was a big hypocrite,) 333. 697. P 1.28 (and I\325ve been 5\3258" for quite a while now. So) 315. 683. P (I did the intelligent thing, and ran for my life.) 315. 669. T 1.17 (I got home at about 12:30. The moment I) 333. 655. P 2.72 (walked in the room, the VCR began taping) 315. 641. P (David Letterman.) 315. 627. T 1.59 (As I slid into bed, I considered the day\325s) 333. 613. P (events.) 315. 599. T (It wasn\325t so bad a day.) 333. 585. T 2.58 (I had ridden myself of that geek, Steve.) 333. 571. P 1.43 (He would no longer plague me with Sylvest-) 315. 557. P 1.97 (er Stallone. The can of Coke only hit me in) 315. 543. P 5.17 (the shoulder, so I wasn\325t visibly scarred.) 315. 529. P 1.8 (Sandy had found out about the true plan be-) 315. 515. P 2.45 (hind my hypnosis project, which meant that) 315. 501. P 2.75 (it would get back to my Biology teacher. I) 315. 487. P 1.95 (suppose it might hurt my Biology grade, es-) 315. 473. P (pecially if I had no project to turn in at all.) 315. 459. T 2.55 (But what do I care? I mean, really. I\325m) 333. 445. P 1.55 (still me, the same guy I\325ve always been. I\325m) 315. 431. P 4.15 (still well known around the school, and I) 315. 417. P 2.96 (was able to control a girl\325s desires through) 315. 403. P (hypnosis.) 315. 389. T 4.42 (And better yet, I had a date the next) 333. 375. P (night.) 315. 361. T (So what if she cracks her gum?) 333. 347. T 0 F 1.36 (Jason Snell is a sophomore at UC San Diego, major-) 315. 329. P 2.42 (ing in Communication with a possible double major) 315. 317. P 4.57 (in either Media or Writing. He claims that he) 315. 305. P 2.86 (doesn\325t resemble the character in "Master of Delu-) 315. 293. P 2.1 (sion" one bit. His story "Into Gray" won him $100) 315. 281. P 3.64 (in high school, has been shot \050in a much altered) 315. 269. P 1.81 (form\051 as a student film, and appeared in the first is-) 315. 257. P 3.69 (sue of) 315. 244. P 8 F 3.69 ( Quanta) 342.3 244. P 0 F 3.69 (. He is currently trying to write) 386.92 244. P 5.05 (something which "looks like cyberpunk and feels) 315. 232. P 1.94 (like meaningful literature." He says he\325s afraid that) 315. 220. P (it will come out looking more like a long haiku.) 315. 208. T 315. 199. 540. 199. 2 L 0 H N 315. 343. 540. 343. 2 L N FMENDPAGE %%Page: "17" 17 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Okamoto / A Night on the Net) 412.23 748. T (Page 17) 506.95 36. T 6 F 8.67 (Thank God it\325s Wednesday, Johnny) 90. 621. P 3.25 (thought to himself as he walked home. It) 72. 607. P 1.78 (was the only thing that let him let off steam) 72. 593. P 1.1 (from work. Ever since taking that promotion) 72. 579. P 3.23 (to first-level manager, things had only got-) 72. 565. P 3.59 (ten worse. When he was just a program-) 72. 551. P 2.17 (mer, all he had to do was get the job done.) 72. 537. P 2.34 (As a manager, he had to meet unreasonable) 72. 523. P 4.41 (deadlines, deal with the financial analysts,) 72. 509. P 2.84 (make sure the legal department had okayed) 72. 495. P 5.27 (everything, listen to his employee\325s com-) 72. 481. P 7.87 (plaints, excuses, and demands and still) 72. 467. P 3.1 (meet his personal goals. No wonder some) 72. 453. P (of them took the Concrete Swan Dive.) 72. 439. T 2.63 (He checked his posture. Gotta be care-) 90. 425. P 2. (ful, he thought. If you looked nervous, you) 72. 411. P 1.71 (were a prime target and the gangs would rip) 72. 397. P 2.29 (you. If you looked tough, the gangs would) 72. 383. P 1.63 (still rip you, to see if you really were tough.) 72. 369. P 1.3 (Unless you could fight them off or run faster) 72. 355. P 5.19 (than they could, you\325d end up the same) 72. 341. P (way. Red Stain Street.) 72. 327. T 8.68 (The streets hadn\325t been cleaned in) 90. 313. P 2.84 (years. They held the stench of millions of) 72. 299. P 8.17 (bodily excretions, intentional and other-) 72. 285. P 3.53 (wise. The concrete absorbed it all, mixed) 72. 271. P 2.05 (them into an exquisite odor, and infused the) 72. 257. P 0.85 (air with it. Johnny didn\325t know how the beg-) 72. 243. P 4.05 (gars could take it. Every so often, some) 72. 229. P 3.3 (new wretches would try to make it on the) 72. 215. P 3.63 (streets. Many of them ended up dead, or) 72. 201. P (worse. Food was sometimes hard to find.) 72. 187. T 2.95 (He punched his codeword into the door) 90. 173. P 2.92 (lock and slid it open. Home, sweet home,) 72. 159. P 1.91 (Johnny snorted. The apartment, more like a) 72. 145. P 6.89 (rabbit hutch he thought, was just large) 72. 131. P 1.52 (enough for a person to stay sane. It consist-) 72. 117. P 3.25 (ed of a small main room, a tiny bathroom) 72. 103. P 3.19 (and small kitchenette. A thin mattress oc-) 72. 89. P 3.46 (cupied one corner, nearly buried beneath a) 72. 75. P 2.04 (pile of dirty clothes. A plastic desk, almost) 315. 621. P 3.3 (too large to fit separated the bed from the) 315. 607. P 1.4 (rest of the room. With it went a stained and) 315. 593. P 0.78 (old chair. The only item of obvious value sat) 315. 579. P (upon the desk -- his deck.) 315. 565. T 5.27 (Stepping over piles of dishes, making) 333. 551. P 1.42 (sure not to spill their contents onto the floor,) 315. 537. P 1.5 (Johnny threw his backpack on the bed. Last) 315. 523. P 3.23 (time, the spoiled food damned near burned) 315. 509. P 2. (through the plastic. Fortunately, it had only) 315. 495. P 2.04 (left a dark brown spot on the floor. Select-) 315. 481. P 3. (ing a not too dirty shirt and shorts, he put) 315. 467. P (them on and sat in the chair.) 315. 453. T 7.51 (He ran his hands along the deck\325s) 333. 439. P 2.93 (smooth worn sides. It wasn\325t a top of the) 315. 425. P 5.53 (line model, but it was good enough, he) 315. 411. P 2.08 (thought. Ripping out a new set of diamond) 315. 397. P 1.2 (fiber patchcords, he plugged one end into the) 315. 383. P 6.24 (deck, the other into the sockets on the) 315. 369. P 3.17 (backs of his hands. The sockets were un-) 315. 355. P 4.23 (necessary and were expensive as hell, but) 315. 341. P 1.77 (Johnny had had them since his college days.) 315. 327. P (It was a mark of pride to him.) 315. 313. T 1.26 (He felt them seat firmly. He powered on) 333. 299. P 3.29 (the deck and adjusted himself in his chair,) 315. 285. P 2.38 (making sure that his head wouldn\325t fall and) 315. 271. P (his neck get stiff.) 315. 257. T 4.95 (The Blind Spot slowly grew and sur-) 333. 243. P 1.8 (rounded him. After a few more seconds, he) 315. 229. P (was in.) 315. 215. T 2.27 (Information technology had come a long) 333. 201. P 7.08 (way since Gutenburg first perfected the) 315. 187. P 3.34 (printing press. Information, originally kept) 315. 173. P 1.84 (in the minds of people, could now be stored) 315. 159. P 3.77 (on paper. As science and technology im-) 315. 145. P 3.84 (proved, information was stored magnetical-) 315. 131. P 1.94 (ly, then optically, finally holographically, al-) 315. 117. P 4.42 (though biologically stored information was) 315. 103. P 3.15 ("coming soon." In this day and age, print) 315. 89. P (truly was dead.) 315. 75. T 72. 648. 540. 648. 2 L 1 H N 10 F (A Night on the Net) 72. 710. T 72. 707.87 180.91 708.63 R V 4 F (By Jeff Okamoto) 72. 694. T 9 F (okamoto@hpccc.hp.com) 72. 680. T 6 F (Copyright \251 1989 Jeff Okamoto) 72. 665. T FMENDPAGE %%Page: "18" 18 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Okamoto / A Night on the Net) 412.23 748. T (Page 18) 506.95 36. T 6 F 2.67 (So too had the way people accessed in-) 90. 711. P 1.87 (formation. With bio-technology, direct links) 72. 697. P 1.86 (to the brain were possible. Electrical stimu-) 72. 683. P 2.63 (lus to the optic nerve made words and pic-) 72. 669. P 5.9 (tures appear before one\325s eyes. Similar) 72. 655. P 2.48 (stimuli to the other major nerves created il-) 72. 641. P 2.56 (lusions of sounds, smells, tastes, and touch-) 72. 627. P (es.) 72. 613. T 3.38 (What shall I be tonight, he asked him-) 90. 599. P 1.15 (self. While out in the Net, he could, through) 72. 585. P 1.23 (the correct programming, make himself look) 72. 571. P 2. (to others like anyone he could imagine. He) 72. 557. P 4.45 (settled on his usual persona, himself with) 72. 543. P 6.45 (some cosmetic defects erased. He was) 72. 529. P 5.39 (comfortable in it, like a favorite pair of) 72. 515. P 2.11 (pants. It also meant he didn\325t have to role-) 72. 501. P (play or over-play any specific caricature.) 72. 487. T 6.81 (He\325d been out countless numbers of) 90. 473. P 3.46 (times, yet it was always a thrill. Leaving) 72. 459. P (his home node, he entered the Net.) 72. 445. T 2.59 (A comfortable darkness surrounded him;) 90. 431. P 2.39 (then suddenly a thousand and more brightly) 72. 417. P 3.81 (lit points, other data on the Net, appeared) 72. 403. P 1.34 (before him; like fireflies, they were constant-) 72. 389. P 1.85 (ly in motion. There were so many of them,) 72. 375. P 1.09 (you couldn\325t discern a pattern. It looked like) 72. 361. P (chaos itself.) 72. 347. T 4.4 (Though potentially as infinite as space) 90. 333. P 6.67 (itself, the Net reflected the thoughts of) 72. 319. P 3.15 (those who\325d given birth to it. He was al-) 72. 305. P 5.2 (most completely surrounded by the many) 72. 291. P 2.39 (structures that seemed to form a tunnel sur-) 72. 277. P 3.67 (rounding the main routes, partially protect-) 72. 263. P 4.07 (ing newcomers from acrophobia, though it) 72. 249. P 4.17 (was not the sky that caused the fear, but) 72. 235. P (rather the Net itself.) 72. 221. T 7.34 (Pundits called the Net an electronic) 90. 207. P 5.47 (counterpart to the human circulatory sys-) 72. 193. P 1.97 (tem. Data packets were the red blood cells,) 72. 179. P 3. (holding the vital information, transferring it) 72. 165. P 1.2 (from one "cell" to another, in much the same) 72. 151. P 6.12 (way as the real one transferred oxygen.) 72. 137. P 1.42 (The analogy broke down in two places. The) 72. 123. P 3.94 (Net\325s pathways were bidirectional, and us-) 72. 109. P 3.4 (ers were considerable more than mere red-) 72. 95. P (blood cells.) 72. 81. T 5.41 (As Johnny traversed the Net\325s routes,) 333. 711. P 5.61 (he could see the myriad institutions that) 315. 697. P 3.83 (lined this portion of the Net. The highly) 315. 683. P 5.59 (symmetrical and sterile multinational sub-) 315. 669. P 6.34 (networks, the more loosely arranged but) 315. 655. P 3.73 (just as large universities and research cen-) 315. 641. P 2.1 (ters, and the small fry, the haphazard public) 315. 627. P (networks.) 315. 613. T 3.58 (He went at his usual pace, checking if) 333. 599. P 5.27 (anything new had been added, something) 315. 585. P 1.58 (worth checking out. There was nothing new) 315. 571. P 4.06 (this time, which surprised him. Normally) 315. 557. P (the turnover rate was pretty high.) 315. 543. T 3.29 (He stayed on the normal routes. Stray) 333. 529. P 2.43 (too far and you might get lost permanently,) 315. 515. P 2.05 (as though the red blood cell decided to take) 315. 501. P 1.4 (a tour of the rest of the human body. A very) 315. 487. P 5.15 (few had gotten lost and made their way) 315. 473. P 2.73 (back, telling stories of demons, which were) 315. 459. P (definitely not believed.) 315. 445. T 1.53 (He was also very careful not to approach) 333. 431. P 1.89 (certain nodes too closely. Though quiescent) 315. 417. P 2.84 (enough now, if approached the wrong way,) 315. 403. P 6.51 (especially the multinationals, their defen-) 315. 389. P 5.4 (sive sub-systems would activate. Johnny) 315. 375. P 2.39 (had heard that some of the ultra-secure net-) 315. 361. P 7.08 (works used defense systems that erased) 315. 347. P 3.4 (yet another line between biology and tech-) 315. 333. P 4.34 (nology. Their security resembled the im-) 315. 319. P 3.12 (mune system. Special drones would check) 315. 305. P 1.42 (how you were organized. If you didn\325t have) 315. 291. P 2.56 (the right antigens, then antibodies would be) 315. 277. P (produced to neutralize you. Flatline EKG.) 315. 263. T 1.95 (Johnny arrived in what was the electron-) 333. 249. P 2.78 (ic equivalent of Downtown. Huge glowing) 315. 235. P 3.1 (signs beckoned to the Net travelers. Their) 315. 221. P 9.26 (barker programs endlessly repeated the) 315. 207. P 2.45 (same spiel: "You won\325t find a better senso-) 315. 193. P 1.95 (ry stimulus simulation anywhere else! Any-) 315. 179. P 3.17 (thing you want to do, anyone you want to) 315. 165. P (be! For only a minor charge, you too....") 315. 151. T 2.86 (He passed them by, like he always did.) 333. 137. P 5.4 (They were traps, he\325d decided long ago.) 315. 123. P 3.38 (They\325d suck you in and fleece you for all) 315. 109. P 5.39 (your credit before you could blink. He) 315. 95. P 4.2 (switched at the next nexus and arrived at) 315. 81. P FMENDPAGE %%Page: "19" 19 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Okamoto / A Night on the Net) 412.23 748. T (Page 19) 506.95 36. T 6 F (his destination: Chuqui\325s.) 72. 711. T 2.84 (Nobody seemed to know if Chuqui was) 90. 697. P 4.23 (real or an AI. He was always there, 24) 72. 683. P 3. (hours a day, but no AI had yet passed the) 72. 669. P (Petersen test.) 72. 655. T 6.48 (The decor was different every night.) 90. 641. P 2.06 (Chuqui\325s looked like what Chuqui wanted it) 72. 627. P 2.33 (to look like. Tonight it looked like Chuqui) 72. 613. P 1.6 (was in a nostalgic mood. It was a combina-) 72. 599. P 4.34 (tion bar and restaurant, the kind that you) 72. 585. P 2.62 (found in the late Eighties or early Nineties.) 72. 571. P 1. (Period music filled the air. The smell of fine) 72. 557. P (wood grain and sizzling meat filled the air.) 72. 543. T 1.93 ("Hey Johnny, how are you?" asked Chu-) 90. 529. P 8.94 (qui. He always recognized everyone.) 72. 515. P 1.52 (Johnny wasn\325t quite sure how he did it. Af-) 72. 501. P 4.74 (ter hearing about Chuqui\325s unusual talent,) 72. 487. P 2.39 (Johnny had tried using different personas to) 72. 473. P 1.63 (fool Chuqui: he\325d even come in as a woman) 72. 459. P 1.56 (once. Chuqui always saw through it. So he) 72. 445. P (just gave up trying.) 72. 431. T 6.58 ("Fine, Chuqui, just fine," he replied.) 90. 417. P ("Any action going on here?") 72. 403. T 4.13 ("No, not really. The usual?" Johnny) 90. 389. P (nodded in reply.) 72. 375. T 4.1 (He walked past the bar that lined one) 90. 361. P 1.86 (side of the room, mementoes of past dreams) 72. 347. P 2.34 (hanging on the wall above it, into a section) 72. 333. P 3.38 (of restaurant stools lining two walls. You) 72. 319. P 6.4 (could watch the people across the aisle) 72. 305. P 1.63 (watching you in the mirrors. Beyond that, a) 72. 291. P 2.95 (multi-layered area with both booths and ta-) 72. 277. P (bles.) 72. 263. T 0.67 (Johnny found himself a table and drank in) 90. 249. P 4.78 (the atmosphere. Chuqui brought him his) 72. 235. P 1.96 (dinner. He smelled real steak, not the yeast) 72. 221. P 1.6 (he usually ate. And his drink was a golden-) 72. 207. P (colored beer in a frosted mug.) 72. 193. T 2. (He looked up from his plate and discov-) 90. 179. P 1.82 (ered that someone was watching him from a) 72. 165. P 4.53 (booth near one corner. Johnny was sure) 72. 151. P 3.81 (that the booth had been empty when he\325d) 72. 137. P 4.09 (come in. And he hadn\325t seen anyone sit) 72. 123. P 3.86 (down there. No matter, he thought, there) 72. 109. P 1.62 (were plenty of back doors into Chuqui\325s and) 72. 95. P (some people preferred not to walk in.) 72. 81. T 2.34 (She was beautiful. Her brown eyes had) 333. 711. P 6.54 (small epicanthic folds, with long lashes.) 315. 697. P 2.34 (Her hair was long and raven, bangs spilling) 315. 683. P 1.18 (forward over her face. Her skin was perfect-) 315. 669. P 2.8 (ly smooth and tanned and her teeth were a) 315. 655. P 6.45 (sparkling white, set in a smile between) 315. 641. P 1.6 (scarlet lips. She was dressed in a shiny vel-) 315. 627. P 3.12 (vet-black dress, which was cut low enough) 315. 613. P 6.84 (to reveal the swell of perfectly formed) 315. 599. P (breasts. She smiled and winked at him.) 315. 585. T 1.91 (Johnny walked over to the booth and sat) 333. 571. P 1.38 (down across from her. He caught a whiff of) 315. 557. P 7.09 (something indescribable which jolted his) 315. 543. P 2.73 (pleasure center like an electric current. He) 315. 529. P 4.23 (had never smelled anything like it before.) 315. 515. P 4.42 (But it was recognizable all the same. It) 315. 501. P (was the indescribable scent of woman.) 315. 487. T 2.13 ("Hello", he said. He\325d learned long ago) 333. 473. P (that snappy pick-up lines often didn\325t.) 315. 459. T 2.32 ("Hello yourself", she replied. Her voice) 333. 445. P 3.37 (was low and husky. A corner of her lips) 315. 431. P (twisted upwards in a small smile.) 315. 417. T 6.02 ("What do you think of Chuqui\325s to-) 333. 403. P 1.76 (night?" It never hurt to talk about the place) 315. 389. P (they were at.) 315. 375. T 3.51 ("This is the first time I\325ve seen it like) 333. 361. P (this. Do you come here often?") 315. 347. T 1.77 ("Yes, it\325s one of my favorite places. He) 333. 333. P 2.29 (always seems to come up with the most in-) 315. 319. P (teresting decors.") 315. 305. T 2.64 ("You call Chuqui a \325he\325. Rumor has it) 333. 291. P 2. (that Chuqui is an AI. Do you know what I) 315. 277. P (think?" The last was in a playful voice.) 315. 263. T 4.13 ("No, what do you think", in the same) 333. 249. P (playful tone.) 315. 235. T 3.87 ("I think it\325s a computer with a human) 333. 221. P 1.42 (brain connected to it. An experiment in per-) 315. 207. P 4.34 (manent man-machine symbiosis. A rather) 315. 193. P 3.23 (powerful tool, the computer\325s speed with a) 315. 179. P (human\325s intuition. What do you think?") 315. 165. T 2.85 ("That\325s an interesting theory. But what) 333. 151. P 1.47 (about sleep? A man can\325t stay awake forev-) 315. 137. P 4.72 (er, and some people I know have stayed) 315. 123. P 1.52 (with Chuqui for ten days straight. If he was) 315. 109. P (human, he\325d have gone crazy.") 315. 95. T 4.68 ("Well, I\325d be willing to bet that they) 333. 81. P FMENDPAGE %%Page: "20" 20 FMBEGINPAGE 8 F 0 X (December 1989) 72. 748. T (Volume I, Issue 4) 72. 36. T (Okamoto / A Night on the Net) 412.23 748. T (Page 20) 506.95 36. T 6 F 1.56 (didn\325t keep him constantly occupied. That\325d) 72. 711. P 4.64 (be how he could get sleep. A "Russian) 72. 697. P 3.26 (Sleep" inducer implanted in the brain. In-) 72. 683. P 2.13 (stant deep sleep for seconds or minutes at a) 72. 669. P 4.83 (time. Granted, Russian Sleep isn\325t REM) 72. 655. P 2.72 (sleep, but the computer could take over for) 72. 641. P (an hour or two to cover for him.") 72. 627. T 6.95 (It wasn\325t until some time later that) 90. 613. P 4.8 (Johnny noticed that he wasn\325t intimidated) 72. 599. P 3.48 (by her intelligence. Her theory was inter-) 72. 585. P 3.96 (esting, and she seemed to have thought it) 72. 571. P 1.92 (out completely. He was totally at ease with) 72. 557. P 2.72 (her. And those beautiful eyes continued to) 72. 543. P 1.67 (look at him, and that mouth still framed that) 72. 529. P (smile.) 72. 515. T 1.61 (Chuqui brought a bottle of champagne in) 90. 501. P 3.28 (an ice bucket that Johnny didn\325t remember) 72. 487. P 3.2 (ordering. He expertly cracked it open and) 72. 473. P (together they shared the bubbly sweetness.) 72. 459. T 3.78 (After finishing the bottle, he asked the) 90. 445. P (inevitable question, knowing she\325d say yes.) 72. 431. T 3.53 (They left Chuqui\325s and went over to a) 90. 417. P 2.82 (nearby love hotel. For a fee, two or more) 72. 403. P 1.93 (people could rent a room by the hour or for) 72. 389. P 4. (the night. The room was tastefully done,) 72. 375. P 4.84 (and looked much like an expensive hotel) 72. 361. P (suite.) 72. 347. T 4.34 (They kissed, his tongue and hers nuz-) 90. 333. P 4.9 (zling, his pleasure center being jolted re-) 72. 319. P 7.67 (peatedly. Then she stepped back and) 315. 711. P 2.5 (shrugged out of her dress. Johnny was not) 315. 697. P 3.05 (surprised to find that besides the dress and) 315. 683. P 3.63 (her shoes, she wore nothing else. He ca-) 315. 669. P 4.62 (ressed her silky skin while she undressed) 315. 655. P 2.5 (him. Then she gently pushed him onto the) 315. 641. P (bed and she straddled on top of him.) 315. 627. T 2.73 (They moved together as men and wom-) 333. 613. P 4.42 (en had done for thousands of years. As) 315. 599. P 2.81 (they got closer and closer to the explosion,) 315. 585. P (she seemed to blaze like an aurora borealis.) 315. 571. T 5.81 (He fell asleep with her head on his) 333. 557. P (chest, his arm laid across her smooth back.) 315. 543. T 1. (Johnny woke up back in his seat, his chin) 333. 529. P 4.5 (on his chest, his neck painfully stretched.) 315. 515. P (He jacked out and switched off the deck.) 315. 501. T 6.06 (After stretching the kinks out of his) 333. 487. P 5.51 (neck, he took a shower, two one-minute) 315. 473. P 2.93 (blasts of tepid water. It felt oily and only) 315. 459. P 3.86 (slightly brown. Putting on the same shirt) 315. 445. P 4.9 (and tie as yesterday, he hop-scotched his) 315. 431. P 1.54 (way back to the door and left. Time for an-) 315. 417. P 1.34 (other lousy day at work. After another night) 315. 403. P (on the Net.) 315. 389. T 0 F 2.23 (Jeff Okamoto is currently working for Hewlett-Pack-) 315. 367. P 1.67 (ard. 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