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ruston, Texas 770O5'

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T h e g a t e s t o t h e t w e l v e b r i l g e s s v v l l n go p e n , w i d e o p e n , f o r t h e v i n t a l e

autornobile to enter: the Packard, oirca Lg)6 A.f)., crosserl ov.:r the vrrought

lron bars that guarcledthe drivervay the deep ;rellorv color permeatedthe

lron gr1ll work of the double gate, a yellovr cast lrcn rather than the usual

b L a c k p l g m e n t g a n d t h e p e g g e d .s t o n e s i n t h e d r l v e l t s e l f contained and re-

ftected clear yellow hues. The estate entrance bore the stone carved name,

et c he d , d e e p : ' ,,'[l trl {1 F 0 R.iDi rY , 1 8 52. The double ar cheC ir on .gates swung c l os ed

a s t h o u g h o n c c l m m a n i lB
, o e l e r :b r i c a l c lrcuitry hidden in the sonic systern thal

monltored and malntalned. complete security for the grounCs of the huge landei

property or dukedorn. Electronic muslc like a breeze blovring came from a

landmark cosrxic muslc bar ln the forrn o.f sculpture through-out the miles of

lawns: sculpt fodntains contained the tines that tinkllng water activated as

the wlnd blew lts'sway the muslc then hrlled the day and also nade the

prollflc vegetatlon grow very fast snd extremely lush (tne whole lush place

Iooked tlke a manlcured prtrneval forest of one mlllion B.C. ) . Narrow-riverl<

or fbng canals cooled the air and fillecl the seent of llltes deep lnto the

nostrlls of the inhabitant of the ancient cBrr The ten niles drlve to the

rnain house or the palaclous nanslon passed-ov^r and wound arounil the elabora'
gardens that had requlred a hurrired flenpr.lticns to construct. T-lfe slzed
greenery and seemed
statuary resteil or perched high on peciestals anollfl tre
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to sing to the growing plants: m a d . r o n et r e e s L i n e d t h e d r l v e a s w e l l as the

huile natlve Indlan pecarl tr,:es. Spanlsh moss hung heavy llke halr fron most

cf the tr"es; the native grass rrew ltke d o t : rs h a l r u p o n t h e f a r p l a l n a n d .

v i a v e dv r a i s t h l g h e v e n u n d e r t h e s h a d e d a r e a s , J u s t a s w h e n t h e f l r s t cones-

toga wagons had rol-le C-1n tvith the settlers of this estate, preserveit and

m a i n t a l n e d , n o w , f o r a l ' , ' r a y s- - t h e n u s l c a l c o s m i c h u n r m a c l ee v e r y t h l n g g r o w
prollfleally on the poorest soll and even un(ler the worst posslble conilltlons;

t i r e s o u n d r ^ r a v e sc o n t r o l l e d or dlreeted every ltvinr thlng on the vast estate

vdth lts lnvlslble force fleld tiurt noved across the lands llke a sonata
playing its tinneless novernent ... playeri over and over upon every movlng thlng
' ] " h oc i n o i 6 g o f
vfrrt-': the automoblle tlres upon the cobble stones -- all those

long ago hand-mouldedcobbl"e stones in deep yellow hues -- carrled thelr sounds
high lnto the sky lik.: u ship launchlng its m e s s i r g el n t o t h e u n l v e r s e o r p T o -

claiming the force orrd-11 of its ovtn exlstence upon the surrounding worlds

or bodles .... The vibretlons of the vrheels upon the stones cut through the

soft music of the cosnic breezes -- a gentle circuJar wlnd settled the sllght

dust beirind the fast moving chasis oi the ancient car, thls chariot that car-

ried the timely return o f t h e y o u n g s c l o n o f t h e h o m e s t e a d t. o w a r d t h e g r a n d . e

quarters thirt served as a llving m u s e u mt o a I I the prestlgeous famlly genera-

tions: past, future and present. The Ioud, fast travellng sounds echoeil the

m e s s a r e o f h o m e c o m i n gt h a t h a C a l v r a y s g r e e t e d t h e w e a r y o w n e r s f r o r a t h e l r

trips or long voyages abroado The slte was llke no other. And'the slght was

to the owner. The lnmedlate grounds covered.IIrlll acres. The

so rostlve
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ancestorial dwelling itsel-f tolvered seven storles, a square marble appearing

structure that supported foot thick copper tiles for the roofing; the r,,ralls
contained a six foot thickness made from granite stones fitted tosether with

angled grooves, each block three feet thick r,vith a hollow pas"age of four teef

between the outsldo block and the insldo vralI block ... for a never-ending

current of alr p a s s e d t h r o u g h - o u t t h e e n c l o s e d v r a l - I e dw a l k v r a y s - - t h e c o n s t a n f

current havilng a temperature of seventy-flve d e 6 l r e e sa l l yeai round to trarm

and/or cool the great house fron the deptl'r of i ts essence or basement. The

marble had orlglnally been fushed as weII as all the stonesr flssonry rnade

artlf lcaIIy , f rom cosmle ciust or stella r gravel in a cycIotron by the l{oustot'u

based TEX corporatlon that the owners of this estate also possessed; the re-

sultlng rock felt solld to the touch but becameslil:htly elastlc and slayed

l n t l n e w l t h t h e m o v e m e n t so f t h e e a r t h - - the stone had a protoplasnic conte-i'u

t h a t e m e r g e da s a h e a v y r n e m b r a n ew l t h ver5' thick viscoslty that could harden

otr soften instanteousl,y to exude ltself through the plenurn of infinlty like

an ooze lmperceptlvely movln,. through the plnhole s or lnterstlces of the rvinf

or rumblings of the earth (tornadoes artcl earthquakes could not topple thls

hous€). The b1g house had its own perception an'i substance as an integral

lts own life, exlsting to preserve ltself and its oecupants

part of nature,
force that could continousry re-adJust its capabllitiesso
with a self-properllng
than from the outslde-
the lnslde of the weJkin structure appeared much lar{aer
or arr.v constructlon vrithin ilse''rJ.'
e a c h r l g h t a n g r e o f a v r a r r p r o v i d . e d .a t i q u r d
used like over-lapping rlinensiovu
that lmmedlately doubred the avallabre space
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thrown surldenly into a fourth dlnension viith the conventional 3 D or even the-

2 D ot ID, re-arranged by the elastic cyclotronie angles of the stone -- the

rlght a n g l e s o r 9 0 d e g l r e ev r a l l s d o u b l e d t h e m s e l v e s i n s p a c e t l l l the constant

srul of one rested. or registerecl at llrlll roons ...o On1y the original fron'

tler c a b i n d a t e d t o L 8 5 2 p r o v i r l e d t i r e b u i t d i n g n nt e r i a l s from planet earth;

the log house sat ln the centerurith aII othel rooos as a splral polnt, be-

comlng the central mlddle room of the palace t h e l ' r o o dh a d b e e n b o m b a r d e d

wtth laser cyclotronlc beams:rnd sound boomsuntil the timber petrified and

turned. lnto polished. marble, rustic a nd. elegant to serve as a vaulted reading
( hu.e t
room or sanctuary. A n a m b eF'lft'rcntea the western rooms of the manslon, an

the pollshed. marble spread the d.ifused sunl[ght throughout the inner rooms a6

though the sun beams camedlrectly into every part of the house the hand

blown glass ln the window panes held. a prismatlc cast that angled the sun ra/t,

The eastern rooms contained. hand blovr glass with a prlsrnatlc saffron cast"

The vralIs contalned nurals or friezes depieting the travels and advontures oy'

t h e d c o r s f r a m e c v r c . c dc a r v i n r s of rife sized statuag

m e m b e r so f t h e f a m l l y
just alvnyg
of the lnhabltants ln the sulte of rooms (tfre visage on the doors

roo\gd rike the current occupant). Thc ceirrngs hac frescoes or famiry scenes

livin5 in those quartors' A n d t h e r r as s l v e d e c o r -

pertalnlng to the individ'ual
eoncept intc tire ancient
atlve rnotif even carrred the personalrzec famir:r
mlnlature f ron the leg
palac e furnlture; t h e l e g s o I t i r e c h ai r s I n t t e r n e c l l n
v a s e s a r s o s h a p e c lt h e m s e l v e s a f t e r
of the femare progeny of the fanrty tree.
course' The
cast in rlellcate porcelain of
the flgure of the Iovely women,
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nain dining room chlna dishes anr.rsterling silver design had a pattern nade
especially for one seasonal day of the year and never got useC tvrice ln the
same calendar year, EIei:ance anrl opul-ence charaettrizeC t he snallest CetaiI
of the llfe ln thls house, certainlly f or tir e descendants lvho rod.e ln the
vintage automoblles that h a d o n c e b e e n n e ' , va n r l c o m : n o n - p l a c e . . . o

The ancient Packard ear rolled into the frcnt courtyard and maCe the long

circle arouncl the eleven story statue that had fountains of spraying mist

upon the aerolite masonry of a lone fi.ure wearing a junpsuit uniform r.;ith

epaulets and posed., pointing the extended richt armed intlex finger tovrard thr

sky with the lnscrilrtlon: F 0 1 ?i , L L T I I { ] " S , L I A D T 0 T 1 I I R . i I l I B O : ' rI 1 0 i D . Around.

the neck, hung a variollte amr.rlet that the sonie lvinrl whlstled quietly, almos/

silently through the stone locket held s ' . ' / a yt o t i : e g e n t l e breefe. The

ancient automoblle pulled before the sweeping steps to the taII verandah i thc,-

tvro oecupants exlted the car, the two holding hands" The young manrs vlsage

a.ppeared ldentlcle to that on the masslve statuary. The young movlng lady ott/

t h e m a n fs a r n h a d a f a r a ' , ' l a ye x p r e s s i o n ln her eyes, a starry eyed l:,ok to

match her name Stella Estrone, for she was the young bride to the helr Taleur

Wtnniford X-EII . Estrone bore a rnsemblance, hovlever, to the fenale visage

etched eons ago on the coln pictured ln the mlddle of the necklace around. tht

neck of the large male statuary -- a face centerecl in the anulet as an inage

of Terza: T.mZA with the three faces from the planet TerzeSfa, for the eye

the western wind ln the etched cornea. And the brlde Stella
had the look of

prairies from the house of her iather Iconus'

lstrone eame vralklng across the
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or so she had said ... like a blorving in the wind Stella hsd appeared on

the scene .... A n i l t h e w i n r ' l n o v r b l e v r s r u e e t l . va c r o s s t h e f a c e s o f t h e y o u n g

c o u p l e a n d s e e m e dt o a n n o u n c e t h e i r arrival b a c k h o m ea f t e r the long honey-

t u o o no f t w o y e a r s d u r a t i o n a honeynoonliterally to the noon and to all

the distant l a n d .s a n d vro rl d s o v/ned ever yr ' r her e in the univer se by th e anc i ent

T a l e u r - ' ; ' , / l n n l f o r d .f a m i I y , Iands posscssed sinc e tire exploration by the origina,{

T a l e u r l n h l s A S T I f f i I S Ks p a c e s h i p t h a t h a c l s a l l i e d forth to find Ta1ura and

then went on to stop Sephus from the fiery holocaust. The calendar year was

now I3I12 TIC (Taleur Intergallactla), aIl Tlrne calenclars.ln the universe

n a m e da f t e r the founder of the new order of technology and all Space covered

by Tbleur the tlne s e g m e n t s o f 1 - 3 L ) - 2h a d p a s s e d s l n c e t h e d e a t h o r l o n g

sleep of the orlglnal T a l e u r r , v h oh a i l e s t a b l i s h e d t h e l n t e r s t e l l a r dynasty of

TaIeur-Winnlforil: the famlly or arlstocrats v ' r h on o 1 ' /o ' / r n e dw h o l e g a l a x l e s a s

part of thelr personal trlumph or trlbute over the neer destructlon of the

universe by Sephus (a social order muchakln to the titled C a e s a r v r h e nt h e

R e p u b l l c o f R o m e b e c a m e a m o n a r c h y , o n l y n o v rb i l l i o n a i r e s galned the respect

that heredltary titles usually merited). But novr, aII the thousands of years-

ln peace and idle harmony as though f.arful annlhllation had never

hadlassed
Ielsure n o v rb e l n E j t h e o r d e r o f a l l the days in this age of Dorpetua/
exlsted,

peace and grande opulence. The lvealthlest and grandest estete ln a11 the
the grance estate named
unlverse belonged.to the Taleur-i'Ilnnlforcl fanlly;

T A y g a ve d o mi cl e to tl*
I T TN N T F 0 Rl D fir st r or cr of the univer se as th e T al eur
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d e s c e n d a n t s h a d b e c o m ek n o l m : t h e a r c h d u k e o f a l l the galaxles, a prlnce of

the universe a tltle helC in trust by the Universe Intergallactia Order

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of SxploreTs ancl Astronaultsryz,-.:-Z-rL tL.{L t:./ '

f'(,r,;u
And the present living Taleur chose to resldp llith all the decorum pre-

valent or relatlve to the time Just prlor to the flrst Taleurts ascent to

notrlety ancl fame or povrcr: the ancient Packard, cirea L%6 A.D., that had

been over thlrteen mill.nit in storage ln the flarage of the anclent manor

h o u s e t h a t h a d b e c o r n ea m a r b l e p . a l a c e f u I I of BeroIlte and vertolite stone-,

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w o rk a s a l i v l n g mu se u mfo r th fl tr Ie6r - Kinnlfor d only. But the futur i s ti c

world that the origlnal Taleur hacl vrrought anrl m"rde possible exlsted ln the

background uncler tlie ancient facade or just und.er the surface to the immed-

late eye the large estate llngered ln anlmatlon as though suspendqdln

tlme vrlth lts llvlng m u s e u ma t m o s p h e r e , p r e s e r v e d b y l t s e I

that pulsated to the magnetlc puII of the novements of the planeits. The

estate or:',Tli:TIFonD itIAYstood. still

T/TLEUR-I/^,TI{}IIF0RD as though on the very

e C l g eo f t t m e i t s e l f ; e v e r y o w n e r n a m e dT a l e u r ' , ' { l n n l f o r d blend'edvrlth the

c o n c e r n s a n d , m a n a g e n e n to f t h e p r o p e r t l e s that operateil as though on cornmand'

forJhe p p a c e f u l o p u l e n c e o f t h e u n l v e r s e o l ' a l e i s u r e ; n o d u so p e r a n d l . A n d '

.,-f-
','i l n n l fo rd
blended vr lth the past and pr esent as though ho
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t lf ihf fi u t Taleur

vrere one and the same: the carl of hls brood. llke a genetlc consclousness

e c h o e d .t h r o u g h t h e c o r r l d o r s of hls braln, etched llke stone monollths to

pursue peace anil prospertty for all the unlverse adventure havlng become

in the fast approachlng year of I3II3 EG'

old fashlonecl and non-existent
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this year namedfor his ancestorr s accon;rlishnents eons ago that now had

no equal in all t h e u n i v e r s e ( t t r e a n c i e n t T a l e u r h a v i n g m a p p e i la n d f u l l y

chartered ev-ry part of the vast unlverse). lTo place left to explore ex-

lsted ln alI the Iar5;e universel aII l o n e p a s t u n ! : n o w nw o r l d . s h a d . b e c o m e

acculturated lnto tire one big univcrsal ; ' o v r r n i n g o r d e r n o v rc a l l e d T I G o r

Taleur Inter0allactla. Adventure and a boisterious Jest for 11fe had long

been labeled sentirrentality o r r o r " n a n t i c i s ma t l t s \'/orst endeavor tile TIG

clvillzatlon had also eonquerored aII physlcal itls and.aI1 lnconvenlences

of the creature comforts so refined to tiie point of transformlng every planet

of t.he universe lnto t h e j a d . e d d e c a t l e n ce c f a t r a n q u i l but lush garden party

a b o u t t o o c e u r o r h ap p e n , e v e n i n t I . e f a r t h e r e s t removed or backl'rater boon-

doeks of r.he most re:rote,3alaxy; life } t a c lt r u l y b e c o m es e r e n e e a n d l e l s u r e ,

everything evorylvhereaIl sterile, r,uith no irosslble varlatlon to the comput-

erized survey th:t irad tleternlnerl ho',i b^st to Ilve (a survey carrled through
1&-/
every possible null hvpothesis hefore i;rple:tentlng intdfdletum, and the na-

ehine ase :"aainerl ir- the flesh and bloorl hands of ttr e carefully produeed

6an to use f :agiIe metal or ti n Ren that raould need constant

e lones iati:er

t h e s e s u r v e - vs r n o v r e v e r s o s c p h i s t i c a t e d . , had resulted f rom the

repairs
Chnotic chanr'e or bornbastlc experlences had
earl:l works of B. T. Skinner).

long ago beeore a behavioristlc inposslbility beeause the ldea woulcl never

the decadent soei ety had lurled the lndlv-

occur tc tire jaded. sec'luetion tiiat

contrort ed teehnorogy n o 1 ' rr e g u l a t e d a1r planets ln the

iouar irrto ac ceptrng.

of BOo F or 80 centum d'egrees no

vrhol.e linjverse at il cctlstant te:'lperature
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hostlle eapriclous v r h f u n so i ntturers rai:. storns, blizzards, tornadoes or

earthquakes could ever occur: since the balance of all the ecclorv produceC

the best posslble eugenics fcr aIi llving thinl's. The Science of Technolo8y

had replaced the old miracles cl iod and th.' lables cf crranized religion

wlth a new apocrypha litany, anrl the new sup^rstiticn olnzodiac signs becane
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the apocalypse of ttr e ascendin6' o, Vorshiping l/o,rre cf Maorttion as tlre Io. -

lcal ccnc Iusion of tira apophS,sis or tl:e alophyseal- lralchini' of nankindf s nou/

to beljeve and pay homaXe to an unsleen splritual forr:e. Astro easts had nolv

self-ordained itself as the nelil infall iable reIiricr: or personal fod, for no

clvillzed. person would travel or purslre intorests iv:"thout first eonsrtlting

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the Reailer as the cult reforlei to the priests or high priestesSc This tvay

of llfe had novl existed for ten thousand V^ars vdth no change ir^ attitudes,

and no new changes ln technology had occurred since ti:.e optirum level of in-

ventlon had been glven as a benevclent or altrulstic festure by Taleur from

hlsomaglc-box"spectrascope this nevr vrorld had existei sc long that it had

become.old, and no cultured citlzen of tire TIG unlverse order cculd lr.uglnc

any other mode of llvlng; change had becone ir:fossible, fcr a]l lmagined'it3yti,
,41M L -{/-/ t-t /l'c- 142d'
clualit;r cf lif e haci been acconplisheQ,l;----- - /
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to llve and irprove the

Change had thus ceased rvithin tLLe c ivilization about to celebrate the

year I3fI3 TIG -- a p e r , s o n a1 1 z e d t e c i r n o l o g y trad irrovirl ed mater laIl stlc needs

llving thini: 1n al.1 parts of the trniverse, thus, freeing ti;e intel-
for every

labor to pursue the arts anrl/or physio:il sports: freed'on of

Iect frcnn menlar
gro"'rth or 3ccomllisl,ronts lay as an avenue to
will to reach mental potential
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every llving ereature and person. But the Ieisure existence or created lul!

from labor dld not stlnul:-r te the vr;st lncr-irso 1n lnteltectual acconpllsh."renf

that had been idealizeC on the drawing'board or nastor plan that the brain

trusts of the TIG civilization had int,ended. The arts dld not flcurish as

predicteri even by the cult of the Astrc Cast P.e::.lers, sc the innedlato need

for entertalnnnent domes or arenas prcnptad the AstraI Controllers of the TIG

order to build ,qiant s*adiums alI over the universe -- tlre ;ovorning or Astra.(

Controllers elected as their cirief cha1r-sPeakel th- title of Curator (e non'

sexist term) whose duties paralled that of an impresarlo or precentor; the

arena games or clrcus entertalnmont existed all over the unlverse wherevlr

large cltles had been bullt (no snall tovms existed via dictum that provlded

huge equal facllltles for aII inclividuals in the universe, so ev-6ryone had

to llve ln a netr.opolls and in the same kind of ph"r'sica}, cultural and emo-

tlonal atmosphere aII citi es had the sane des ign, i:lentlcS.e in every d'e-

tall in orcler to o,reato an equltable or egalltarlan settlng for every Perscn),

The Clreus Domes became the strrdios for staglng'rnc filmlng tt:e orlgiiral css.t

for the constant entertainnients; the seatinE capacity heLd one hundred' miI-

the walls ooultl 10ve tc a c e o n n o d a t e e n l . ' l l e s sc r o v r d s . But

110n bodles slnce

of th e populace of the tril,lions llving vrithln each city

the vast maJortty
c li m e n s i o n a l picturec television
pref erred to rernaln a t home vrhere t he three
confllct or envlronnents as
the actual
sets enabled the vievrer to enl'er lnto
were proiected upon the vralls and
llne -- holo,qraphs as it
part of the story
ovrn experien<'<-
ti:e rcoms of the lncrividual civrerring, anri trre visl'rpr beeame his
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ln the drama or the history visitation, histrlonlcs belng of the flrst order,

And thus homebodles is';rhat the future populace had evolved into, for the

vlearious experlence becameeverythlng the J D television set providin5

Iirht e n t e r t a l n r n e n t a n d / c r s e r j .o u s c u l t u r a I p u r s l l i t s as lve11, The technol-

ogy even provided ccnpanionship for the vievrer: old pictures of lost or dead

loved ones could be r:e-playecland thus re-lived in ) D, enrioyedfor years or

eons ln the prlvacy of ttte home gri;d. The fantasy had beeone reality, for-

ever and forever vlevred ancl ttren re-viewed .... The vielv screen therefore

created lvhatever world tha t the ov/ner riesi red oriranted the raal techno-

cratlc world thus provided the fantas-v of the wilciest rireans ln a true and.

real Ilfe-style situation like a sub-culture that had emergeillnto the main

s t r e a m o f s o ci e t y suddenly; original p e r s o n al l z e C m o v i e t a p e s c o u l d a l J T v e r y

e as l l y b e m a d e a t h o m e , e v e n i n s m a1 l q u a r t e r s the inriiviCual could captufe-

on film the mental lmpulses or even deep reverie by attachinf an apparatus

o.f electrodes fastened to the cranium like a calibrated sensurorer helmet

caIled.an Empirlcal C a p o r b r a i n , " n a c h i n ea n d t h u s i n s t a n t taped cassettes

then put on flle for ad.ditional repeats. l'Ilnd ProJection had becone the

order of the day for the entertalnment of pvery citlzen of the unlverse;

o c cu r r e d nothing nelv
e v e r y p o s s l b I e t h o u g h t h a < l b o e n r e o o r d e r e d o n ce l t

c o u l d h a p p e n a n y m o r e' €, ,a n d n F l v e r d l d . The TV Scrcen Arenas presented the sen-

event. or even much better than actually

satlon better than goinY to the real

golng-outlntotherealllveworldtoobtalnanexperience.And'everyhome
an Arena Room lnwhich a circular set or a
unit possessed by rlght of birth
z/ tz / tz / tz / tzl t zrrtvlon

cyelorarn screen completely eovered the tvaIls, eoiling and flcor fro;r: aII

angles of vision: front, back, trpr down and around the spiral screen also

enabled the vratcher to beoome i,, part of t.he actlve event and even become

lost forever lnto the as part of the film. T h e n l n d o r b r a i n c oulf

"torVtine
proJect its o v r nl { i n d r o j e c t i c n
P as azholograph upon the circular s c r e e n a nC,

then relish the Joy exactly as imaglned like a surreBlistlc oil palnting

disappointnnent had becomea thlng oi the past, a lost feeling (dignity' con-

cern ard happiness e:iisted instanteously for ever)' person just precisely as
\
l m a g l n e d ) , s o l o n g , rs t i l e l n d i v i d u a l romaincC r,vithin the Circus Arena Set or

ln the rnlddle of the cyclorama televislon sereen thst provlrled every tltilat'

lng experlence or lmpulse held within a jaded and deeadent braln a brain

that could df lnsflne better vritlrln the corrfinenent of + - h eh o m e u n i t rather

than ln the crovrded publle narket place v,'here the cloned rvorkers perf ormed

the essential d u t t e s f o r e v e r y - d a y s o c i e t a I n o e ds . But pleasant sounris or

wlth correspondi ng holographs eould be taken lnto public placesT

music replete

nade of protoplasmlc metal held the nusieal tones rings that could
rings

be rvorn as offit* Jewelry looped arounc .'ach other or around the ',';rist and

by th. mere blowing of the tips, attuned to the mct'z*

then played or Bctlvated

h o l o g r a P h s;

the future: the

the picture records or tapes and,for rirrgs had nov/ surpassed'
of
the present generatlon entertainerl themselves lvith the recorded hlstory

the past and even attuned into future tlne vlsrps that Just lay vraltlng lrith
r/ tl / tl / tl / r3l r3r,rYr.on

none of the mystery or anticapation that could cause hope or anxiety. The

plcture recorils or t.apes of rings haC outdone thenselvos with t he logical

concluslon of humanlzed tectrnology; the technocratlc slsves or technicians

had been mastered by their feelings or passlons nov,'projecteC upon the waIIs

of thelr Cyclorama Televlsions that had been sttuneC to thelr netabolism and

personal-wave-IenEth-span or ''rives at the TEX (Texas Tnergy X-ray Company)

televlslon stores that Cistributed the Passion llachines as the ldvertising

bi111ng stated (ads being a quaint nostalgla fro.'n the tv,'entieth century) --

each nevlly blrthed baby,,,8S ettunerl to his ovm personalizeC set as an inalie/u-

able right or herltage; clones repalred the machines and administered to all

aspects of societal- needs" T h e c l o n e s e o n t a i n e d u n r i e r - C e v e l o p ' e db r a i n s

barely conrrpetent o function for their job: : simple ninded village idiot

personallty t h a t p e r f o r m e d t h e p r o l ; r a n m e di o b v i a sleep tapes and then the

restlve body slept as in hibernation during off-riuty work shifts and','as thuS'

e . a g e ra n d r e a d y f o r ped ever inta

t h e n e x t d a y r s v r o r k ( n o p e r s o n a l 1 1 f e d e v e l o -(6v:L"n#,Y
I t
the neager lntellig,ence that knevr not even enough tc pursue th".ERfSof

a drunken brawl at a bar or tavern for its Saturday night tlme out on the

iro-
town). But the clone also possessed a plcflranrned cyclorama TV' or llind

his lorv min.Jerl n':erls in living J D, especially to

Jection Set tc ent,;rtain

love attaciiment tc inteIIi.lent humankind" Clones

re-lnforce the emotional
corresponded tc Lhdt
representeil the outcasts or. urrtcuchatrres vrhose existence

rlrovr; the herd to *arket or srau6hter" The

of a vreLr-tralned sheep dog that

i n a r ui r u m a n r z e r i f a s h r o n b e t t q r than macirines or robots

e r _ o n e s s e r v e d h u m an l t y
t+/ LL+.t L'+/ Lt+.t +L1. r'.. 4,vf

could ever do sinple minded or idiot nentalities carefully p r o g r a r o r n e dv .l a

s l e e p t a p e s k e p t t h e r n i c r o c o s m so f t h e g r e a t m a c r a c o s m l c u n l v e r s e t l d y , and
the nalntenance clones did not obJect to:lenlal Jobs (tfre flC universal cul-
tu::e ran snoothly as the Controllers or Preeentor lnt,endecl: the city streets
vrere cleaned and free of fllthy debrls or lltter). The sleep tapes had eons

ago been prepared frcm conputerlzed, suTveys madeby psyehologlsts and behav-

iorlsts b o t h t o a d v a n c e k n o r v l e d r - er n d t o c o n t r o l responseso The clones

Iooked exactly 1lke tlreir enployers o"'inuster-min as'6s the nonenelature ap-
( <,,<tzy'L-ta/{zLdl-'
nl I od tn f hre slaves-of-a -c uI ture that llved ih*-e-O@*fea freedom,
lffI/Da but the

servant clones h:rd no spirlt or sparkle 1n their eyes: a low lntelligence

had been bred out of the cortex of tire brain, a starved. cell that ereated. a

slave lnstead Je,,veo

l f knovrlerige the clone walked wlth a
"fr{r"W
sliuffle and irad a speech i.npedinent that place<l long tulls betvreen words,

a derented appearance that made easily recoflnizable the low caste of thls

mecnanized worker (tne e l o n e s ' , ' ; a l k e c lf r e e l y along the streets of the clty

to run errands end tc lurchase nundane essentials to operate a famlly house-

hcld unlt). But the more lntelligent liunans born from the flesh of the

unlon of two pecple had aIl the ri;hts to corr'lete freedom from nenlal work

anri thus remained at honre to experience the l'lind Proiectlon personallzed TV

irhere vlhole ll f e-tirnrts clisseC a nirl tho bil: screen a rena o A sonic scanner

rnueh like a pace maker beeped rvhen a TV set vrent on the frltz o r n e e < 1 e da n y

cf the pulse de-actlvated the personarlzed TV

repalrso And death or a rack
'/t5 /t5 1ts / r5lr5reYron

that then lndeed beepe'1 loudl;' unti I twned-of f or dls-engaged, so the c lone.g

quickly serviced the dead or decedent oceupant: tendered tqtith lovin{: care,

of course. The mentally deficient clcne best tended tc the essential neetls

of blrthed hwnanity wlthout conplalnts, or so the TIG Preoentor had long ago

declared and decliled which anounted to the same thing. Teehnology provlded

aIl- or at least every physlcal need for eaeh civiLLzation of the universe,

and these,,rays and, knowledge had exlsted or had been harnessed for severel

thousand years (tfre human lntel}ect had opportunlty and room to develop or

to speculate, even to v/ander ancl to wonde/. But the enplrlcal seduction of

Jaded titllatlng experi ences had taken over t.he very splrlted force that had

n n o v e dm a n k i n d t o t h i s pinnacle or apex aII distractions of the senses via

the Ernplrical Cap and the TV screen arena kept hunanity so active/appearing

b u s y- t, t h a t new intellectual pursuits never developed (enorrgh information and

conceptual ldeas already exlsted to require a mlllion years for one lndiv-

lduaI to learn, so the staLemate of the lntelllgensia r , v o u l dn o t b e r e a l l z e d

for several eons). All thts TIG teehnology liad sprung from the pen of Taleur

Wlnniforclfs wrltlngs and thus had stabillzed the very evolution or at least

chaotle change rvlthln t h e o n c e e v e r e x p a n dl n g u n l v e r s e that no lonf'er could

ocour ln a changlng furious motlon to thwart manklndrs concernsr even the

nova no longer could happen or escape the control by

burnlng of a starry

rnank1ndundertfi€ffiTIG:phySlca1nattercouIdbesoquickIyand
spectrascope or the
so easlIy arranged and then re-arranged by the Astral

clielotron that generated lts powered b,:se source from a small portable pyruna'(
6 / t6 / L6/ L6/ L6 / L6T:\YLOR

or triangular b a s e t h a t h a d b e e n e o n n e ct e i l t o a c o n p u t e r i z e r i d i a l like a
telephone rotory b u t a d i a I r v it h a I I t h e . l e r n e n ts c f t h e u n i v e r s e I i s t e d
ln the dlglts lnstead of numhers all atornic ccmbinations coulC be re-
structured lvith the ions changed from neiatlve to i;ositive or neutral plus
all lts m l n { F e q u a r k s t h a t k e p t a p r o g r a m m e db a l a n c e s o f a s t that all the
re-structuring occurred the instant that a nova began to burn into a Black
I{ole (re-structuring the inpending inplosion or explosion of inert natter
back lnto ordered balance ln the bllnk of an eye so fast that residlng liv-
lng or8anisms on the planet',vhich experianeed the near catastrophe oi a nova

about to gc down a Black llole never real\zed, the faded gllmrner in the alterel,

order of long past orblts the universe now had an o;'der bilsed on menkindr5

emplrlcal perceptlons as the TIG Perceptor rllctated ) . The mystery anci ad-
v e n t u r e o f t h e u n k n o w nf u t u r e no lonEer exlsted cr cculd exist for hu-nankind
ln thls 13113 year of the TIG: minlature Estlole ccnputers frcn the ASII{PISK

space ship observed and reeorded the no'reable laws of a11 the planets and

t h e p h y s l c s t h e n b ^ l n f l a d J u s t . e d t o r n o e t r h o h n m q n? o , r u l r e m e n t s a s t h e e o m -
puters plotted or graphed the long ranee physical and intellectual needs; unJ

those needs had been graphed trilllons anrl dee-trlllions of eons into the

future for the TIG ci.villzation to ccntique forever all orlginal TIG ln-
(-L'&)
formatlon and knowlerige cane fronr ttreYFf Taleur himself who had even
u
vislterL all relative Tlne anrl relative Space in the univorse via the Gpnetic"

consciousness and haC been susl ended in t h e T i m e r / ' I a r p st h a t had almost trap-

ped Talerrrr s spsce shlp forever on his original adventwe into a one dimen-
t / 17/ 17/ 17/ 17ri,YroR

slonal photograph just waitlng to be freed by the paisley tear drop rather

t h a n t h e k n o w n t e c h n o l o g y e nj o y e d b ; r T al e u r . And, novl, a1I these ni,llenl?

\ " ,,
'4'-a-?4'>+ye
Iater, Sci-ence had truly beecne 'l'.e play thing and th- tcol for every)y'Iiving

ort-anlsm ln the TIG universe: smaIl portable con-rut.rs r.gulated the deslred

environnent for the indlvidual home living units. Tire instant novie tapes

or cassettes held or told the entertainment stcr;r for *he fanily unlts, but

the whole c ivillzation depen,led upon the conp,lterized monltorin; of Lhe tape

files so that the Jeast physieal ehange could be ccntrolled and roturned to

the established pattern and thus the same strategum applled to the ccncerns

of human llfe: actual physical exe:'tlon dld not need to happen every aiain,

once the taped cassette had been filed avray; the need tc achieve had also

passed from the TIC culture a n r l s c r h a d ' lh ^ v r i l l to ccnpete and seek a,lventur<,-,

an acculturatlon of the future had novr de-sensitize.] the Iiving Ceneraticns

from evor havlng to exert actlve or muscle effort, unnecessary physlcal move--

ment no longer appealed to the technocratie slaves of the TIG culture (motlorz--

uncontfolled created a cog in the',^rheel cr scheme cf thlngs that h a . d .a ,

nlcal link ln Time to life or at least the will and force of life

But technology ln thls great celebratlon of the year of TIG had not com-

pletely replaced the neerl f or people to lnter-relate vrith each other: Iove

h a C tb e c o m e s y n o n y m o u sw i t h s e x o r c a s u a l s e x u a l c c n t a c t w h i l e e t h i c s a n d
aet could I exlst slnce
m o r a l s h a d c l l s a p p e a r e r lb e c a u s e n o t v r o n g o r s l n f u l

hurting another person could not happen in this enlightened age of TIG.
)/Ls /L8/Ls / LB/LSTAYLOR

&
, aall'-r(rltt
T h e T I G c o m p u t e r sk e p t m a n j : l n r 1s o b u s ; r v , r i t h p l e a s u a . a b I",,_"d*7:
E-G€rfs that the
enotions were deluded anCf cr misrllrecte,:1 (orime hac even rilsappearerl beeause

robbery could not oceur slnoe everyone in this agid tlme possessed aII the

goods needed and vranted as the e rnputers nanuf::etured all the material thing

u p o n c o m m a n do r t h e sllghtest wish even murder and kllltng haC vanlshed

or had been remedied with lnstant eellular receneration that brcught back

to llfe the dead or d-r'lng hurran body lvhen injured: the restored or resur-

rected dead ln'the first years of the TIG ccntrols hi,id pursued the villain

or miscreant who harmed their bodies retribution had,created a nev/ orcler

or riiay of tife vrhen the deacl eould pursue tlieir rnurrl Ilorvever, life did
"K
not become eternal; tiie body sinrply Ilved free of illness onrl acciCental in-

Jury as long as a pe{sonal clone remalned in storage for spare parts to be

transplanteCt -- the flambouyant free citizen of TTG chose to\ultur."th.

clone from a small cell taken froni the favorite part of the'body. l'iost

people or free cltlzens llved a predictable length because of e genetlc

agelng.tlr,ne clock t h l r t p r o g r B m r n e da s p a n o f one thottsand yeers regarCless

of physical conditicns since lovi IQ, clones proviciecl spare parts f or the-; 'a'Lll

transplant operations (and the enoti.onal social ills of the civlLlzation

had become sutlllna ted intc t . h e Ci r c u s A r e n a s o r T e l ' v i s i c n A r e n a t h a t every

famlly unlt olvned). The fanily unit size had also changed, to cecrease:

hiid become prevalent on tire a veraoe; the larSe f anil-ies of tvielve

one chlld
from the ancient reliEious ettstoms that the
chlldren had been obllterated
t/ tg / tg / tg / tg / tgrrYloR

Astro Cast Readers no longer saui farnily

life troups vrritten ln the stars --
1 canaraderieJ
withthe1argefami1yv;enttileindividuatffiagrovrin8-upexper-

lence to nold basic human Crives: ti:e basic living nature o f h u . : r a n sh a d i n -

deed changed, fcr novr 1n the land of TIC tire odds cr ratio for t,he hone unit

to produce the creative driving-forces of beauty anC art in society had de-

finitely decreased v;ith the t."'pical sma11 family ... 1n large families, the

f lrst tvro of f-spring of ten irave an innate drlve t o 1 - , r c r 1 u c ev r c a l t h a n ' l f o t

nrateriallsm whlle the Iast three cirildren cf a huge old fashicned fanily

create beautlful musle or art (nankind norv in ilri s year of TIG irad no dis-

abilltles or hardshlps; to spur tht: enlotions to achieve better things or to

imagine what a nicer place vrould be like : utcple l i a r l b e e n r e a c h e C r n at e r i a l l y

in the fiG lvorlcls, an,i the free spirit of mankir:d now lay dornant or lnert

as though burled ln the dust of the lnfant past). But the needed period for

a gt.owing childhood no longer had a necessary place or Tine to Cevelop u1

.,..,_
"-4'c19
inClvidual personallty: the tapecl eassettes or rings played during sleep ddf

and ideas of rmnkind, not cne external stinull ever

shaped'a11 the attitudes

tO causie a cilaotic citanl'e even parties and

happened, Or waS pt'rinitteri,
';rell aheaci of Time, more of a beat ifi '-
festlve oecasions hac a managed outc cme
of a nere cat-ring service or
control beyond the expected acconnodaticns

f or a riventure a nc nove'Ity in alI the lan{5

guest ltst. Thus, the expect?tlcn

exist in aII tlie rvorlds of this

of TIG dld not exlst or was sanctionerl to
event ovar and over aS pro-
unlverge that harj nov; experlene ecl every possible
>/zo/zo/zo/zorAyloR

clalned by the controlling Pre,rentor lvhile the tapes or rings pla.ve4 and

re-played thedletums of ttre behaviorist n r n r - F A m qf : : - e a e h i : e n n r a t i c n a f . b e r

{pro j e c t e d .,,
enother as th'Da!ffspan of one thcusanri.years c.i'expeeteC f.ife passed

for each indivirlual. And ttle life cycle ecntlnu.,,l to r.-peat itself for oach

person, for aII ttre gnnera!ions, in ent1ilpe, just as though thn,r'themselves

IlVeTere-run^outu##p!^.ounoffiteachIivinr.|enerati.olicionot

lnter-relate ve::baIly of ten enou['h to visit an ri eonverse tc shrrc the ir otrn

ideas that in reallty came fron the tapes anri thrrs Iee.l"n'i,'hat options e9u1C

exlst now in thls vast universe that house<i the cul-ture of TIG. The Control*

lers or thel presiding i)r,:centor planned ti:e Crea tesl:r:ieblations f or this

approachlng year of I3l"I) TIC (each yoarly annivnrsnry al',';Byshnci tho bnst

eommemoratlon ever) or so the word cf t . he l { e a d e r s d e c l a r e d in order to he j-:'llt,-

d9''
ened the joy that m as h / b o r e d o r , i ) . B o r e d o n h o v r e v e r h r - r dn o n a m e i n this Iarid

of TIG, for lts exjstence had been transformed or irmsked carefui"ly these pas-t
- _z i^r;+2
fevr thousand years viith tlln titilating jlded 4xperienc ca J< prnsente{rzby

r he univ o.r r r u!fua- /az u az' " 7/* z z z ett/!'1/''

th e P r e c e n t o r tc th e re i g n l n l ' Ior .cls cf

Ta}eur '/IinnlforC XXIII h r , r df i , c c d t h e b o r e d o n o f tire future, ltls steril.e

future, by turning beckwarcl to a Time prior to mat-rial bllss and controll.erl

opulence: the era of 19)6 Anno Doninl fron the living nuseun estate ,',Tl:']'Iir0i?P

",':\yenabled TaIeur-.iinrriford I]:II I to twn, a lnost roturn, to t i:e past f or

his eternal dlversions from a lost feeling knovrn as tersonal boredom -- the

Ilvlng museum estate charac t,nriz.eC the onl;' r.aI s,;l irl 'ii'trorsicn in aIl the

holoiraplts of tbffi) thin,1 that hacl lcng ago

unlverse, the tapes belng
tzt/zt/ztlztrrrvmn

ceased to exist, except as pir:tures of pietur',s in ) D living color alI ti.escl

thoueands of years oldn Taleur-','.'inniford XXIII also irad as a diversion frcfit

b o r e d o f i , ra n e r r yb r i d e like no othcr ever ':ef ore in a II the universe: Stella

Estrone ha.l simply v,ralked into his ii.fe from across the pralries of tl:e an-

cestoral estate; his nel'/ bride came fron the sane region as he -- lstrone

had vralked lnto Taleurf s llfe fron tlte wooderi or tr:ee lined fanil;r burial

ptot o r c e m e t e r y o n t h e e s t a t e i . r nd h n d s i . n 1 ' 1 y e x p l a i n e C that she 3{ine from

the 1louse of lconus, a lost royal blush u p o n h e r b r c - , ' ra l w a y s . /tnd the yDunF;

Taleur ha6 taken to her fancy inrnedlately even tircrr;-h knowlng nothing of

her origlns. A v;hlrlvrlnri hrd preceedeC t he arrlvaL of Stella llstrone as

the muslcal tlnes of the singing statuar;'blelv s ' , ' r e e tb r e e z e s t h e i r v r a y lik*-

.,4;y'
a dust-ilevil the mlnlature cyctoiy'had ,lellvered th is sllp of a 5irI. 9strcne-

a necklrce ercund hor neck, locket cast;

vlore as alv;ays an amulet or charm for

rtith tltroe angles upon the faced edge like a llyksos

vrith a female vlsage
n a n n e dT a l e u r durlng one of his penslve no:nents
Estrone haci cone to her ilylas

the base cf tire oliginal Taleur slatue, a pensive look- fol-

whlle stand.lng at
sky vrhere the rirht arned in,:1ex flneer poin^f,-
Iowing the paze into the rilstant
tn/tt i'-t7-' -/-/;-<-zz
r

rifo '"'1s5
al-r
The tiroughtful gazemesmerizedTareur-'."rinniford l{l:rrr
circus
grttter y o u n c l o r d . o f t h e u n i v e r s e i r l t h h i s o ' , v np e r s o n a l l z e d
for thls
s e e m e dm i s s i n g i n t h i s
Arena to brlng everlastlng happiness, but somethlng
slde box
gltted vrorld of tltllatlng o ; ( . i r e r l e n c e s( T a f e u r c " ' e n l ) o s s e s s e Cr i n 5
E c,./ t-a/ E L/ a-/ (4,.. -^r&vi!

se,lts 'ffhere tire studi c f i-lminq oceurretl f cr tite TV ho::learena sets ) . But

r h a q , ei n n
J V + V . . this son- of
v v . . ' eenturies of careful- breedlng knevl that Ilf e off ered

. n o te t h a n a t i n s e l clrana fuII of pro5rarnned Iines or avenues o_f experiences

,rt-'-1v:t:a;'
thnt in realtty wr::.e only' holographic iricturesl cf once rea\6'Lc tures -- the

reign:l-'rg ,lTlll:IfORD as Lne world TV news spots titled this lordly archduke of

the enCless galaxles. The nagneti: pull o r s ' , ' r a yo f the ages and tir.e tlmes

(s'l't Tj mes noty being personlfled)

I r 4 I
made Tal-eur look away ln a penslve Eaze,

a lost f eel ing, for his happlness lay else'rrhere . . .. The benevoleTt. TIG
ylt&uu4c{_L
qn:ieta'l
e ! . t L v v u 5 s r " , s t e mo f n a t . r i a l bliss this r-ttcpia called TfhFor a rebelllous

aneestor now ccnt.rcL leC every poslsible Iiving response .. .. Yet, Taleur

.,,ented nore out cf life than a p).anned star::ato existence, vranted somethlng

nere thin:s anc fancy p r o g r a t m e d s o n af , a s f u I I of occasional solo

el se that

L,recent,o:. arrangenen*.s coul i n:-.t 1:ra;ine an,1,/or pernit. TaIeur knew not Just

else besld'es the opulent g1-azed

w h a t l r e 1 , , , i a n t e d .b, u t oir ho',vtre vranterl sonething

e : ' . p e r i e n c e s f r c . r l ' rlto n g past holographs. Even youth dld

vrc::Id cf titllatinr

for Taleur; ace had all the real privlleges ancl

;rct provide a positlve fcrce

youth was not on his side, now, for age old age -- vlas worshlppeil'
respect;

iindthe*hoLffiateciwltlriTeatnotr1etytheeId'ermembers
j : e n oe a n r l p ] .e s t i ' e : the gray curls recelved' nore
of +-lie populac e ; a ce itac rev.'
all the henna rinse or colors ln the halrt
e:,:clanations and ecat,l-inents than
-- no }onger arrant
Seing clC haC no stlgma
or ,f'alrs" aS the clones sald.

t"ftffi,bod1,nowrenaint:daciiveanriIithe,justgreywitha1inedface
toshowt,hetruedeetrlpersona}ciraracterfcrira.,rirCexlsted'and'llvedfor
)/z) /zj /z) /zl/zlrtYloR

hundreds and hunclreds of yeo]'sr Great state sponsorerl celebrations honored

the eraggy face the crBgriest character lines rr;ith public parades on

the TV Arena, of course, the long irindi n,1 parade rcute uent or travel-leC

througlr tlrc protoplasnic halls of the vast studio I l:i,t just naturall;' en-

l a r g e d t o a c o o m r n o d a t et h e irui;e crovrds (roorns pulsat,ed as it l:rere alnost to

llfe, expanding the ccnventional siz.e as more and nol'e people ent,'1e:l a rcofit-

space belng relative, the insirle area oi t h e 1 - , r ' o + - o p l a s ; r i r: o o n c o u l . d ' - r c w

and grorv, lnf ini-t;' olr irifinitlna: a lon6 benoh once seateC tc eapacitrt' vrortl-d

expand one more lllaee a s a l)et'son bngrn t-. sit; therefo;'er no cne ever i:aC

to leave his space in utopla to Co f i:rci auother orea tc sit; Yet, tiie cuter

vraIIs rei1alned in plaee so Bli not to .lisplace or: Cis:upt + . i r eo u t s i C e viorlliy

actlvitles -- utopla',voul-d not be utol'1c ii- an;'ens haJ to leave ln disap-

polnt:rent). S p n c e t h 1 r s s e r v e r l i " r a n l ' ; j . n ri ln a f l u l d nanner. Iver;'rone hari to

be soneplace, naturaIIV r in their sfiaced-out rvay since every inrliviCual in

experienced total ioy anri ha pliness tl.rottih the titilatin5 hclo-

the universe
end,/or l.{ind PrcJecticns (syner5is+.ic-g
graplle plctures via the ) D terevisions

the rnental capacities through positive 1na.:ery). The vrhole uni-varsrc-'

dlrected

exlsted novl ln a melcdic harnony in relation to irunanllindr s needs as the

'''|u'/'--'
over-Iord Con+-roI Iers o:' irec entor d e li,er:rinerl .#rz"/U/-.:/i'''4s

Andthenostrelativeolultneeclscon3ernerlD'{:e'"iththeendlessTIS
vrorried people; al:c i'i:rs nLrt ol-d in a ceeripit
epochr aEe or ageing no longer

anc afle now in this vqar 13113 TIG added a ler

sense of the hwran condition,

sonalrJistinctionorauratotheindivilualthatolri-fashicne.lcosnreticcDv-
+/ zt+/zt+/zt+/zt+Ti\YLoR

eringoffaclalllnesorerovl'sfeetcreatedv.lithafalseorceadpane:{pres-

slon that hlC the true resilent skln the vlta body cheristry nor/ lained

actlve cellular energy frcn the clouble helix of life or the basie neucleic

active and health;r or re-lenerated to the point

aclcls (tfre body kept itself
the strenuotls feats that the
t h a t a g e o n l y b e e a m eb e i n r o l d e r v r h e n p e r f o r r n i n g

indlvldual vranted to experienoe t h e a g e o f d i - s e as e , i n f i r m i t y a n r l s e n i r i t y

of all aies being mastered)' i!5''e-
no longer exlste<l, the cure-all or nostrums

nowoffered'onlypositlvealternateslntirislanccfTl]:iI]nessno]-onrer

preclucedma}functionordysfunetion;t,hcneuro-nusgularailnentshadbeen
a:;
i s o r a t e d r : e n e ti e i : ' . p e r f e e t i o n s s u e h
cured by test tube crones that had
of ex-
o r c y c r e - c e 1 r a n e m i a , nnrl tarclive d;rsrrinesia fn r1 fadecl out
criabetics

lstence(agelngnolongerbrought-forthinvolrrntarl,novenentoftongue,face
s i d ' e effect to old age)' Technolocy had mastered
tlc a n d e x t r e m i t r i e s a s a
the tracil\ott-'
o f o r r l a * e a s hac socictar rrjeas been mssteretj:
arl dtsablrltles
cen-
a g e o c c u r r e c r r r r t h . f l r s t t w o d e c a d . e so f t h e t u e n t f f i r s t
to worshlp ord
the ti r enl -
n 'mh e rs o f the baby boom after ,r or r d war r r in
t urr v d r e n t h e l a rg e
. . . t h e l r c u t h c u l t u r e of the r95or s and t?70t s
a 5 1 e
reth centrry grew to ord,
t o t r u s t a n 5 r c n e 6 r / : ) r tirirty, itr rvhrch the aiein3
(a srogan no+.
reacrred age 30
kt thenserves wi-th sueir irura"vYe'
bri,iges ahead of
youth had u"ffil,w burned their
sclvertisen'nf
And the llariison Avenue
staternents) .
or
or so,;,homorlc eplthets to Bn
a n d o f blini ]',oun., catering
of loo}linq,ycunf'
pancererl to the c oncept
old' old oh so
, o u V B * t the yorrth had crown
sooretal
rmnature socrety or
, /25 / 2 5 / 25 / 2 5 / 2 5 T . \Y L 0 R

soon... all, too soon, the kids as they had caIIed themselves, had chanted

in the streets vrtrlle the advertislng media had catered to aII asneets of a

youth orlented soclety. And the young had believed those fleshing pietvregl!
'&Y J4''{tu tr'-
! t h e t e l e v i s l o n - R b g - " B u t t h e y o u n g s t e r s b e e a m em i c l d l e - a g e d m r r c ht c t h e i r

chagrln at the end of the tT,'entieth.onr\ff, wlren ti,o vocal-fading-youth hati

turned thelr vengence or frustration upon.the next younger Cen?ration tiret

dld not have the vast majority of number\6nforce <r their side the now

fadlng nyouth-c'ulture[ had Cenied respeet tc their elders (eIXers l'rho had

tolerateil back-talk and foul language because the authority on baby books

had recomnended no physica 1 ril sc lpltne: Dr. BenJamln Spock had Ia ld the very

foundatlons for a n a r c h y ' , ^ / h e nt h e m a j o r i t y s e g . r n e n ti n the populsrce l,t'e:e of

one age group), but gcon the spoiled anrl ,xnpered Spoci< Cen?ration Cenanded

unquestioned adoratlon frcm the "smalI-fry" Crovring-up (extrene cases had

ttyouth-culturett advocates when their
lnvoLved chllcl abuse from those spolled

enfants had not ceased or diC not obey the slishtest comnand). And
crying

of tL:e littIe kids b e 6 1 a na s a r n e a n s t o c o n t i n u e getting

the brain-washing

another i n d i . " r ic l u a I t c respond exactly as d'esired in a self -

or manipulatlng
and mueh alcin tc the ancient criental shinto,
ish or self-centered society

nlw traciltion base,l or t.re readini ln the stars

neo-shintoisn had becone the
t h e n e r , vo : : d e r d i d nat bear the name shintoi''t't't-
by the emerglng zodiac religicn;

eXi sted a:i t he nelv order emergeri r';ilh the name TIG: eldert
but the slmllarlty
orininally ' no less than
in obeisanee
shoul4 be honore1 anrl/or apploacheC
2 6 / 26 / 26 / 2 6 / 2 e,TAYLOR

a curtsy, then kneelinS into a salaan vrhen in the presence of adults and fin-

aIIy a kotow b;rthe y.3T 2O2OA.lJ. or the .ycar O2O TIC (tne f lrst years of

TIG had been flexlble anC ciran;eab1e hefore tire over-lords ln thelr old age

the f irst over-lortis being of the 'ryouth-eultlr e'? fron the 1960f s had useil

clones as spare parts for transplant oper3tions that enabled the first Precen-

tor tc live nine hundred years), Old aXe had inrieed become the best tlme of
.t I
1if e n o r T l n I)L D T IG, f o r th e ycunfl un6.ffiffi,o hr r ndr ed dld not k nov r

e n o u g h o r h a v e e n o u g i rn e m o r i e s t o e n j o ; ' f u l l y t h e I ' T l n dP r o J e c t i o n T ' 1 / ' A r e n a

thnt. nacsed Aq n
I/*gu-g
? - t ' )d r o n m f f O m t h e
/ r essenee of their exlstence ....

Youthful Taleur-','r'inniford. XIIII lelt in the very essence of hls belng an

i n n n n r n .ol t c n e s s a s t h c u ; h
rrrvv!,rt/1 a part of him beckoned from the depths: Ilke a

aF id vff aream Tale.urt s life seenerl to call to the real world or from the real

vrorld. Anrl the real';rorld surely did not exist ln all the lands of TIG l3II3.

-he real vrorld or the real estate tha t Taleur ,'/lnniford )CfiII enjoyed had only

.: riri'tartn.:
.: L,-LU!!uUlll:
o1'nr,?ienerr- sn cxnnrlenee
'i:LytaL L\'LL\JJt vJtLr" tfult left a fufthef deSlfe fOf SOne-

tiiini else: sated anrl ins:rtlabte, all the v:lst propertles or holdlngs of the

the house of Taleur-'"llnnif ord coulcl not enJoy fully' The mere
f l rst lord of

the far flunc ,-alaxies ownerl by the farnlly could' not be

vlsitation of aII
vrould pass
ievi ewed personally by one sin;Ie e enerati on: two thousancls years

just oyer the loc:] tions ani then eontinue to the next o,oulent holdlng'
tc f ly
ope:ated by clone s1 e'arefully proilraruled tO
I i o , , . . , e v e r ,c c n p u t e r l z e d s p a ee s h i p s

visit and inanare the estates for a Time vthen the

teni eertain functj-ons,riid
-- * ;- t i &i atrj:!v.r
i i i i

oiyner or cver-lord a r c h d u k e r v o u l d i n d e e d d e c i r l e t o s p e n d .t i m e a t t h a t par_

tlcular estate. But al-I the cities and grande houses or estates looked much

the sane, fot the Precentor had useC the ea'th as a prototype or stereotype

lcr al-1 the bltildings or cities of t he u;riverse -- even tho palaclous estate

. ' J I - , l l I P O P .,D
' - ' i Yh a C b e e n r o p o C u c e d f o r r r t i m e s : earth 1n the epl-center of aLl
universal sprce now ccntained a north, south, cBst and west polar ?llgnment
or oo-ordlnates fo:' the mappedcharts requirei to traverse the vrhole unl-

verse required. krcvrinC a11 the mernetlc foree fields and the variatlons of
the gravitational pull in thr great void (space shlp sight-seelng-tours or
^ q ' ' . - ' ^r n o i : ' h t e r s had to eross or ford vest empty spaces ln a hurry vllthout
' ln c j n c " t i
.v\,+.rU "\o ec the rrutcs o r h i g h l i a ys o l t h r : u n i v e r s e h a d b e e n p l o t t e d or
tl

r r nu 'y :r ^h\ , au d n
[_f u ] v' rl rn
L rn - the c:-n of outer spacers na.,"nctic foree fielcfor pull of gravlt
, , , / h e r ea t h i n llne oi s e e : n i n g l y e r : n p t yo r b i t s from other galaxles and/or cosmlc

vrinds did rct of ten enter to disrupt eBSy fIi,-htsr','rith no frlctlon f rom the

srlr,Tounrlins eIe::rents or heavenly bodies as it were). The vlorld.s vlithln TIG

haC a happy saneness about them anil also''used people rvithout lettlng the per-

scn invclverl really know for sure. ^irnd the Taleur-',',Ilnnif ord famlly was no

the very origin of the invent ions irad derived. from the wrltlng pen
exceptlon:

of Taleur but so did the source of the energy for the pyramld gyrosccpes that

pot.reredaII the machin ls or teohnclogy cf the univ erse (tne base of each manor

ccntained a pr.otoprasmic mnterial pyranid that held' j-n constant move-

h:use
pyraniri-gyroscopes rn the spBce shlps event
nent or cc ntr{L aLL of the snarrer
-z.5 zo tU 16/ ls lrr I LUK
/ / /

fcr vrhe:r the rnaster pyranid beneath the palacious estate l'trIl:lIFORD l/AY

hesiteted, aII the snaLl mechanical gyroseopes ceased to functlon). The

flrst Taleur had designed._the pulsatlng pro+-oplasmic metal lnto the metabollsm
r(=-zz ttz
of his body anl tnto the !6netlc-U'onsciorrsness so that only so long as hls

blcod 1szue lived c c u l d t i r e e n c l l e s s p o i r y e rf r o m t h e p y r a r n i d . - g y r o s e o p e se x l s t ;

his cellular blood llne was essential to the ccntinuation of TIG and aII the

hierachles that had sprung from the Precentorrs ldeallzed concepts of vrhat

ccnstituted a happy an,l essential unlverse. But Taleur had foreseen the llIs

of static ccntrols that operate a beaucr:atic naze un.lqr the grrlse of naklng
r,il ,l sp nitizonpr
9ruaovttLJ hanlv
rrelJfrJ an4 hor''l thrr. T n ' l o t t r.z1 .., ,f. , l r o n r . i , ' i n n 1 . hgd planted the Seeds

c f h i . s g e n e t l c - g o n s c i o r r s n e s s t l : a t n o v r s e e m e dt o C r o w l n t h e s e n s e s o f t h e

:/oung Taleur-'.'Iinniford. Tire r,.stless spirit v r i t h l n - v o u n gT a l e u r - ' i i S n n ; f o r d .

'-b.
- , . . t l sa t h r o r ' , ' - b a e k , a n a t e v i s t l c itorror t irat the llrec entor of ted

the cause for the higlt crine rate in ttre youth-oriented soclety of the late

tv.,entieth century, f or youth are tco restless f or a rational llf e and thus

ecgit erininal acts just for fun tc observe or see the outcome or so the

the prec entor i rcc la imed in his lec tur es that only the high lords
J i 6 - h ne s s c f
attenced,. And. young Ta}6111-,'Jinniford E{III often appeared at
of the unlverse
r-iie f crn of a ho}o6'raph so dense tha t th.e Precentor dld
suc5 gatherings in

arl the vrhile, the ycuthful Tareur remalned at

not rea lLze tl"e dif ierence

so +"hat he viould have en.rcy to attend mucir more interestlng

hone fast asleep
t.ine of the Rota census as the inter-
natters ]:rter ln tire :.ay ol. ttre lassinc

no';r rearl in this lancl 0f TIG' fOr the

lude ci measured ti:-,e or the clock
i/ zs/ zB/ 28f zBT,^,y
Lon

. i rn y 1
for wiien the naster prot6l'.;1ro .!-.'l'3:nid r:',f l i - ] ^ ^ . i - . : lt1 g i C ' - t s - s t l t . e ra;1 eri

,'JllllTIFC?D.;Y hesita te,1, a 1l 1 . i L es r r I I nr:l:lnlcll -;'r'csltones j n t,he '.lnivcrso

ceas,ed tc T:ie fjr::t -',: r..si:-no,l

function). l.''11' illci ii;.c i;rt1.sali n,-,r-l,tc1,l :::^t

rnetal vibrationS intc t il,., ri. r.abol j sii .j i his i;rl.','r,'i.: t.l:..t:ielct,rcn intc thc

Genet,ic-conseiousrrrrss sc th: l, onl-' sit) l. ni- ,i:r iri : t'll-'c,l isstto ]-i,,-r:re
l itrtl'l 1l

e n c l L e s s p o v r e r f r o r n t h e p i r : ' a : , 1' l - , ' ' 1 , , 1 ' c L

' s' li :) lr r r , r : ri s l : r ' : : : : : ti.: u t o t-ile 'i'f;\ vil'

(Tulcurr s lollulr:l 'cli:cl ' , ' / a se s s e n t i e l io

dream i rsni r.ed tile inverrtic:rs
* r, vt/4 r \,\ llne

of TIC anrl ,r.lL tlie hi'.racliies ti.'r: ::i:'l sj')titnl: ilcr tl.e it.-
t,he eontinuatloh

centorrs i , l e a l i - z , e c j _c o n e e ; l t s ri lli:'rt ia:stit,r:ter r l i i ' : l ' p , ' .''t I l r - r e s s r : t t i , t l urrivcl

'l,l:e ill st'.r+-ic ecn'r':'l:: 'l:.t ::ir.ra+-,r a h-aucla+-i'

But TaIeur had for,.'sieen s cl

m a z e u n d e r t L r e g r r i s e o f : n a ! : i : " " t i : ^ c 1 t -i z a n r : ' h a ; - o ' , '' - u r ' 1h e a l t h i r ir a ie:ad.nt

utopia; TaIeur, the o: irinaI, ir"l r,fap+p'1 tl:e seerls ci irj s Ocnetic-conseicrls

ness that n o w s e e m e c ]t o r : r o t r vl n t h e s e n s e s o f t h e c u r l e n t younc T:l-eur-

li'inniford. The restless s;;irit""'ritl:ir:,'oLln- TaleLtr-",'1n'rifcrd llilII'/;33 1l

throvl-back, an atavistic l i o r r c r . , t i : , , t t h q i - r , - c e nt c r cl+cn r'luked a:- the caris'

fcr the high crine r a t e : i n 1 '].r . . ' , r r r t i r - o l i e n t e r l s o c i r i t ; ; c i tlt' l-'rte ti'rent'i^th

century, for youth arr: ioo r^s1.1.,ss fcl I rtticnai lif'r a n r ' l t , l i r - t se o : : ^ j t ' : r i n '

* t'\'a i:l-hneSs O:
inal aetS JUSt fOf f un tl, oilserye Or s'rc li'r Outc3-'^ oI S3

l i i s l e e t , i - 1 . : - ' .1' :l.l : : t c n I ; ' t i l e h i l h O'rcr'-Icrrlsl cf

the precentor pl:cclained in

attr'l:ll-roed-u!cn. i,nrl iicrinlf Tiilour-"'"1n'rlic:"d l:':III o i't'

the universe attenderi
-lense th:rt
appeal.ec Bt such gatirerings i:l t.lrrr 1-3In :l a itl'ic1 rr1 l i c iccn s3
-- t.:1. l,li:i]e, }.!i4 :.al yor-lthfu]
dld rr18li7,c t}..: rli|i..l"el]1e a}]
the ?recentor
'f .>/ 4Y / .A/ .2 :i\ -.r-vi.

Taleur renail,ei at i:one fast, asleei; so t.hrr. lte'r/ould have energy to attend

much nol.e interostin" n:rltrrs l-ator in thr da5' oti ttre Rev (or the Convol Tiev

that novr descr.j-berj t::e TII 'ial15' t.ir.e the passlng of time now caIIet
tr)eriod)

1re Rota Cepsus gs t'tc ipterlurlr: ol in.itsut'ql ti:ne or tire clock now rrrad.ln

ti. is Ian:t of TI(;. Tl:c j)!:ssilge ol t.]:e ltot:r '.vent in f .86 el1eks or strokes of

the cosmic clocl: ;vhirti, irarl aIl it s i,ioveit.'nt baseri on intrleate nin;trte ol' smaIl

urrits of t !.e slreci oi .:.i,'lrt (19(;,jO0 nile s lrer seconrl) -- the sr,rali""t unlt

cf clicks r-,arf in Instar strcl:es oi I.86 to tlte hcut'vrith 18.6 Instars to the

C:,ry-ti1e anr'j 13.6 Ins1nrs to t-re nil-l:t-time (ttre equal arrangment of day and

' , ' ; c T i :s i r i f t - s l o i .il:erbenef i t r-,f tlte bookkeepin6i f or the

1i 1,ht balapcerl I lir'

c l - o n e s a s r . r e l - l a s a t ' , : t r . r , .tj , c t i r c 1 : ' r r t s : t i c n c.f tirne to the nnotlon of the vast

iniverse).
' t . l . e r i : r j , v er s r . c c n i , r o I I e r l ti;e calendar tine-teble.
Tlle sIi;-iitest ::otLlr: r-,,-
tirr cosmic clcek in Instar
T].c TIC caienduru ne::k..1 tLie st:ckc.r',:Iicl.:in:'of
,,riit.ir *"ire 'j -" t,lt- 1 . . ' , ' , ' a, ';. l U F .I. ' l l l , : : , ' i r n r l lright Shif tS CalIed a
So..ne3tS i - l - .:tt f f f'

' . ,i t l : a Run lle l;ei rr'' i-: o':' I s work segment f or

!cnrrr lut ion or ?t lev "veekt
"vee!:
+ , ' I ^ . le: I o n o S , antl a l-rriC tine perlOd reprosented a
t . h e e c S 1 , ,t i l e - k e e 1 i . n 3 : r f

frrthninht;el-lorici*,ir,el.'TDassini;anritheF'otaCensuso:TheRotoasthe

I't:::ith c,;i-osr:d r,1-f:'tl'R'inrlles o1. tvlO CcniCS; the brief

clones cirilel th,. llli-
''ile :lefel'enCe Of Gi':rbals vlhj-Ch had IOng a1O
tj:r,e Slr;t b . r r - ' , ' . ' e e n+ ' i - e I i l s + - . r : f S i ' i : - l
ln'1 '' ilyral riescribed the end of one
loltt-.sj cn--rc,rlc i r i ; 1 . - 1 . - , c - ) i ci I ::l.L'l-niri;t,
'bo''l,il: 'll' an Ixion ti*e Seg-
I'lr' : l:-'nrs'vlork-day
s:-!:.t l;,rlci, a r , o r i , . l t . : : :. i : t
)o/ )a/ )u/ JU'IAr LUK

L=g 1'u{/'a"/t'
: i : e n t n a r k e f ] o r r e i e 1 ' 1 r : ' i t : t h n t , c t , c i c : l n . | , : t - : t , j , . r i o d o ' u * i i f f i a T or"L i

the clone tc in,ork, olln I>:!in neirsure I i,re i:ir:nse tine requlreri to a cconx-

plish l ' . r' f p s ; 1 r e ' l l l i n l :':c'je:fil'n ''t-'crienir: ('ltr endless ful1 cycle tc fullfrlt

a nearl.r irrlrcssibl,: 1'r-;:rt). ,\:rri tlt,r lr.otai Crnsius fn'astrred the time ehosen to

clrrnt; tiro l-ivin;, t,rt's.)ns in tit'. vrrst l';crlis ci'nl-l th'r TIG Ianris: the dally

or Insta:. e o r t r r t .c . ' . . - I . ) u t e r i z n . l t l t o c l l r r n , ' F ' o f ' l e ' : t h a n : 1 fa r b l r t h as the mlll-

Instar cl.ic!:ed-i:ff its :irokcs oi the '):,:inil- eLock, but t'he RotaI !ensus Ces-

clibed ti.e aetual Irrln'..C r?corI ::' lrint-cu+- tirnt established credence tc the

calcrrlateC oif ieial - ci,ul;;tion oensus f cr til" f estiv': eelel:rat j ons of TIG

13113 .... T h e P r e c e n t c i . a l ' , ' r a J ras " , h. astoundinfl results of the

"jl",E_,
J.l14t--
irota I Celsrls, f c:' tjrc j-nt-Tf,r.t:,t*"i5n-)if +'t1. \stral ileaCers saw in the stars

''"rr of
l:I,,,;ays sili.r i1 th,t st.ar':; tiriit o n . l . ' n c t ' i ' )' ' / eternal btlss wculd ecntinue

(the sts jrriol' to ti.e :ltl ,\st ri I l?oaciers haC f oretold or a lso
old ast,rolo,:i

bef cr.e i'ir. c:rnstant stril.ic alilnltent of the uni verse had
1.aC in t ire st:rrs

of 1 , 1 - l 'cr ] ' c l o t r o n ancl the pyramld'-

been llainl., i.nrd b;., tlln ; : r , l e n s e a ' ' / e l ; c ) ; r i ep c \ i e l '

lii.irl a clnst.ant, hal'rllc'l that nanklnd useri to serve

c:irosccl)e: astrir:o:I;'n.',I

its Cecaclonr- i:nC iarlei ;leasut'tls). 0ri1;r 3 i"r"'r jriorien records ireld tlte story

j : q . . : l o v l n 1 r - r r l i .c l l : l r l , " i n ' l"irlaxies prlor to tl-lc TIG

t)i tire ol rl ;)att,,,t"n:: :,1 t
a f iery destruction
clnt,rols 3n anc ient. Ie:'entl or ,,ror'lieey iiad f cr"etold
icaticn Or pOrtent Of
rf earth i n :: 3cc!: oi . i l ' , r4 l i l t i c n , an aui:Llri' ')Tolnost

enc]"essblIinl;tiicoii:"inaITalerrr}ilrll.ali-zedtheillritrentrian;:eranclhad'

saveCtite:,'/orlCirc'r'ti;chclocatlst'sav"'lt'heearthfortheTlGFrecentor'
\)ll JL/ )L/ )L/ )-i- *-r- lrJ.!

' f , i r r ,o, : l r l . i L i t r r l l o n r afio been strp"ressed Of

as lt ?,'eTel Tlre rlnc: trlt. storl., :ri

buried. f rr:i v i e ' , . i o r i i n o ' . ' ; l e l - ' t :r e e n l t f r e n t , l t^ I e l e n d r"e!laced by the religion

'l"r'r inseliptions had been v/rltten on
cf lhe -"stral- Re:iricrs -'l fl-ro zoclilc.

j ) i l p y r u s b c , u r , , di n v , , : I l u i t ; t i l e 1 e ; , n 1 1 6l ' o i r l l i n e i l r , v i t i t a C o p y o f such anclent maps

irrid reccrCs o i t i r c s t , I . t r s , i . e c o l d s t h : . r t n o - ' i /r i . s r t e C i n a s t o r a g e c h e s t v l h e fe n o

. , r c u l d .t l . i n r : t r look stored r;lth tire other personal belongings

one I ivini:

of tin original Taleur an sstr.olabe 1a',, cn top of the heap of papers ln

tilec}dtrllr]neItlunk.T}testructureihat,}re]r]alltheanclentrellcshail

the storila-e,-::amheri;as buried deep ln the earth or

nc c:,Ju.ns cr pilas;teis;
fallI;, buiial- ;;lot tfrnt covered the entrance to
beneath,rhe Taleur-",:inr,lfcrd

ast;'ilr riesiSliri 3{),'x f i,r''t lt' entonberl rellquiae or nortal

r: hu5e ;.,;,:a::id cr

co j I ,iirnes cf t . i i . - 'C r t ' i , ' : 1 ' .I r r i n c . ' s t o ; ' T ' i l , . r : u r ' : t l i o a b o v e g r o u n r l g r a v e l e C t o a

the casual
v.rult, cr rer:rl cr;1;rt i r''lceeiled b)' a en i:'n n:iss of r'lebris or so
rlOOf'"Jay the
, ; 1 i ) . ) . e l ' i t n C ieI ' r a i c , ' . t q 4 ' l r n i o l e c i ^ t e e t i n ; ' 1 " i t r ; L a s t a i ; a O p e n i f r 6 l O f

a S e e: l i n t ' L ' '

' 1 . . ,'11- r ' r i c l l ' : a 1 l r , V i t h t h r l f a f r fi l y eSeUtCheOn Of
S c , r ) l . ij li t , : - S i - t i t ! O ti . l ;

sculclicr:nthat5"nlnr"L-rl)?nonI;"''';i.:en1'il':lL'ei:r'rt-cranuletvriththefaceof
' tl ' t ^ ' r i s a g e O f t l r e a f m o r i a l ensigns
* cf
\.eTza j'il'1.'.ri ilr f,c i.' ;;it. i|.,d !p"rr;it,lll"'s
v+,-' ';r,ll thl t hari been burrovred lnto the
cr ]te:aI,lic fu:*i 1y .1 i ol\1-:,r' tho naih,l-r

1 . : l r :c , e n i n l - ' o f t ' l r e o t ' i " i r r a I Taleurr s qrave (ttre creSt Or

I ' , ' l i : : n l l c , l r . , Cu n d r r
'.ls t-h';t IOoked Illle a vraII i]ennant' or
hiaz.o:irj, doubl,,.}r-1 , bl assarrl stanir'I''
Sarco;hal'ue Or cOifln that
sii.riet insteaC ci a sl--'l;jlcI''tli ''1ocr"'ar'int'o t'hl

bicr; lire sll:-lt-t'lcr ceienents had sol'"'ived intactI

'est.ecl cn ail 3rn'rto -.-'I:er'
-)a/ .-u'
)</ )1t )-'.t )L...r.

.i,od t.i-e boi lly lcrn hl:,i renainei'l l"ir:n l#-'rr:d ondureri a s though still lying

in st.r:te fir -r:blic \,'1,.Yjinl:i tl^e Ii1'e-lir; ^ aiI -'ri'anee or preserving teehnique

l r r r i f , : , ? .e ! r y r ' \ ' r S S e d t : r , - r i : n : i e n t 1;yltii::i f : l t O ' . , ;e1C ; , c t h a t had k.pt AIeXandef-the-

Gl,"atr s bcC;l ;rresetve,; fo i' i, ,r.rir,;d of thr'.'e i:unri1.6 yeal's (and the Creek

C!r:t(lUet"CI:i tlle f : n : ' , ' , ' r ,r . , t t i t l ' . ' ' J l . , t . l r il t . t r l , i ; ' i ' r l e r l iriS Iife after th'lt Of the

Fersj:ln C]'rus ,,';hcse ^,;i1;' itad iilsc be^Ir peri.'ctI;' rept intaci as though only

i'sIeep lc: t,irro t 2-':.: ,". r '). . : , i ' t , lt . i f . o i : ' , r n i ^ (:lripse or body of the origlnal

Taleu:: r - r r , ' o ilto ' , ' . ' h e l ' l : r l - i i t ' , i ' € r s o : 1rer i . e ' t u j ) o n e n l r . / into the sepulture: thc rcom,

rsi d L l 1 . l , , 1s,e e . l e ' l t c ; ' . ' I ' r . r c I ' e ' i l ; o r 1 r r f , h ^ s l t i ) s i ' : ' l t u n r - . r ft h e original burial;

:r 'ruhole iiLlra cf li;'ircsi.:-tsis rl,l:.l. nell rih:;rtt, t ]r'' ;'rt':r'-nt!l or cerenents of the
'n'..td jrtn j)srli +, f ha t
shr:rrtC tyrt c n c ' 1 1 r " ' 1 ; 1t h . e n a , ' i ' : h:ld sa.led or preserved ole

T':leltrrs lli- 1 1 3 r l1 : r - ' t . ' n - s i l i . . l i ' : 1 1 r1r 1i q r i , l r i . - r : t . r t r - o u se x p l o r t t i - o n cf t,he unl-

, - s r ", .l l r ' 1, .rnd platinLtn

vols:C -- tlr- r . i ) a ' . _ t l : t . s: l o i J l t ] r 3s lln.- si.l v.r thr^adS

' t i i 1 . :'i f- rot'"l ar"ilin . o ,. Tile relalla the

at'lai-ting ihe L ) C . . , t : ] u::.,t1l . S i : r ; ; i t 1 S r : t o Of

' r 1 r " 1 o 1 ' : 1rIe ' : . t i . ' i , - l 'lence bv all thc obsequies of the
cstentrtious :;t:rtei..z in rrrl

rincf Cet.,:ils tf tj.,. j,.:'SJnrJI Iii., r'rf' 'i,r "'trl:i:7.'riO CCfpse thirt r/',raS
nct paIIid

ilS i:xl-re:terl i:; t , 1 1 s I r t ' r ' l . i l t ' t it . c t r : l : l ' ) i l ' o l r L ' , L 1 i s : t t , d p ' e t r ' s l e e p like ?flnOe
cr I i'i,l
';;crtl:i
, I ollL'-l[fi't-t' house'
i ' ; h c 1e1 " e h a r n e l
Ciia::r:ing [ j o t . - \ l j r i 1 1 1 , if " O 1 i n 1 ; : r r ' : C , 1 ' ^ y ' ) $ f t f ; 1 t 1 ; r ( '
',VitY polar coordin-
j
.,nd t,lre ,t',l.gT f clit" :':L ic',:t o 1 ' t i l , . e s 1 . , r f. ,ililNlFORD in the

r , i " ^ o , - l e l. ' ^ ' t l l i . s burial pluce; the

r l r l : / i t : . t i )s or d ra rvi nr- s oi Lhe

, . ': . i - r . .1" a . - l ^ r g f I
I ! . r v . r i tS t-li.i S' -,n'le ir' il n o t , ; ' 11 r p c r .1) ' f) : l

-'t ',-.tr"n
l o Ijcrsioa livlr,- r ' ' n r ' i /a b o u t ' t - h e s e i : e t entrance
3,t i'"i:ial osjt':t,. : i::)'.i
ry)/))/ t)/ ))/ )t 1'ArLUn

t o t h e b u g e to n b th a t co ve re d ten squar e mllee under gr ound tbe pr otopl as nl o

rne t a L l n t b e fo rma tl o n o f g ra nlte and mar ble pr otected the oor por eal r em al ns
v la a n a g n e tl c e ffe re n t lonlc for oe fr om the seenlngly effete pr one fl gur e

ln t h e s c u l . p t ca ske t to fl t the deflnltlon of Taleur ts body that had oontl nuedl

ln t a c t all th e se e o n s a s th o ugh ln sLunber lng suspendledanlnatlon or hy ber -

nat l o n a n d ha d n o t d e ca ye d o r tur ned back lnto d,ust. The whole m enager l e of

s u s p e n d e d T l n e s se e n e i l a w a l tl n g the ar r lvaL of sone gr eat p€r sonage, not un-

I lk e t h e n e e tl n g o f A l e xa n i l e r- the- 4r eat and the Per slan Xclxeg: a neetl ng of

pow€rs of t h e kn o w n u n i ve rse br ldged by the tlm e ohanber or tlne c aps ul c

that had frozen or suspended the tlmes llke a re-unlon or a saluatlon to thc

la t e arrlvlng g u e st, o a e co ru uensal upon the am usement of thc othe r and genl al

ln lts surprlse. The appearance of the chambers revealeil an lnnaculate hy-

glenlc dust-free or unsotled atmosphere no cobb-webbs or dls-array ln cv-

ld,ence, only an affable waltlng .... Happlness not sorrow had becn the eon-

pletcd nood of thls Last restlng place: no vlslble slgn of nournlng, weeplngt

keenlng or bereavement of any klnd had exlsteil ln the vast ehanbers -- lnstead

a festal celebratlon o f l m r a e n s es l m p l l c i t y s e e m e da b o u t t o o o o u r L l k e a l a s t

s up p 6 r o r b r ea kl n g -o f-th e -b re a d . befor e Lylne down to r est fr om a Long tr l p or

before a long Joqrneyr trot at all prepared llke a long repast of convlvlal

banquets to go6ge a n d stu ff the appetltcs; for the chanber lay el 'eepl ng tg
- ."*
harmonousreadlness and constant creanllness froro the cosnlc magnetlan}6-

h a d becn bullt lnto the whole str uotur e of the

t h e p y r a l o l d -g yro sco p e . th a t

unc l e r g r o r e n dto mb co n stru cte d 1n the shape of a gr eat pyr anld ( ttr e anc l ent her o
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lay ln stately splend.orr so restlve and full of reclplence to the fuII lnport

of the entrd ... absorptlve as lt were to the sllghtest m o v e m e n tw l t h l n the

space). The lost edlfloe hougeil the hldden secrets that the ortglnal Tal-eur

k n e w w o u l d s o m e d a yl l b e r a t e a couragoous and adventur€ous hler or degccndant

who would.dare or need to leave the seoure.or$)"1 of a sterllc world.: the

-/ \ t.
dfr.JA vii dreans had prepared for thls moment, thls nreetlng of the ageleas ....,

ln a c l . a n d e stl n e p l a ce . o n l ,y the Geneti.: flonsclousness wlthln Ta1eur - IYl nnl fo$

pCI I I k n e w a b o u t th e h l d d e n rooms of the cr ypt that cover ed elr ty-four hundr c d

ac re g d e e p d o w n l l ke ttre Mo -h o r eaohgs of the ear th, and €ven th€n thc y oung

Ta].eur-,rf1nn1fordd1dnotrea}1zeffinh1sd6}vifdreanwor]-dcou1dan-

swet or neet hls problems wlth the resolute beaucratlo fIO ControlL9r9.,atrd.,
precentor, ,Yf x-f''/'/ct't-tt" fi1s F 4;/if-z/u''t(;ti
the hlghness of the Over-Iord L

T h e o p u l € n co o f'th e h l cl d e n r oom s would am aze hls lllghness the Pr c oentor .

B u t y o u n g T a l e u r-Wl n n l fo rd IOCIII would not sbar c hls dlsoover y, es pool al l y

. t he l n m e n g e w e a l th o r tre a su te s stor ed ln the thousands of r oons - - tr eqaur c s

that ln gold and silver deplcteil repllcas o f a l L t h e e s t a t e s o w n e db y t b e

Ta le u r - W l n n l fo rd fa n l l y (WIN NIFORD' vqIAY

hatl been cluplloated to soa Le l n the

dep t h s o f t h e p yra ml d : th e n a ln cntr anoc hail lts antc- bcllun faog de or Or Gc k

re v l v a l a r c h l tcctu ra l styl e w lth one hundr ed aacl eLeven nar blc co l u!0ns or aotl y

Ilke tho orlglnal above ground the front aLso faced gouth, but the sldeg

e a c b h a d a l o ze n s o f te rra c€ B o r lnsets that maile use of a var lecl ar c hl tc c tur al

to flt the indlvldual mood or taste of the apartmentg wlthln the grandlc
etylo
or nate lr on flgur es ancl wr ought- l r on
a n d v a g t p a la ce (}{o n te rre y styr e wlth
arl )r/ t>l t>/ t)/ t)'tA\LUK

9 1 . 1 1 1s o o n g a v e w a y t o a l t 4 l s s l o n - H a c l e n d a w l t h c o l o r f u l stuooo and tbt

ln t u r n b l e n d e d l n to a V l cto rl an fr ont por ch and next a Ceor glan s tar k fr ont

that aleo gat nert to a Cape Cod gtyle, and the North ead oontalned. a long

S t e a n oBo a t s tyL e w l th o rn a te car vlngs of UoVa' "". wooil tltet had petr l fl ed --

each style sa t d e e p l n to l ts own settlng and deneanor thst tlld not oonfl l ot

wlt h t h e p r ece e d l n g : th e p a l a olous house coqtalned eleven thousand. aad, c l ev en

hun d r e d . a n d e l e ve n ro o n s th a t easlly had the slnce for nuner ous frontg or ,

faqgites). 0n1y nlnor d e ta l l s wlthla the r oons dlffer etl fr on the fur nl s hl ngs

of the orlglngl IfiNl[IfORD iTAY pal.aco: naps of the unlverse lay orderly on an
'i'/'1& anil anotber l ook et
ope n d e s { , z 6 i d n o t e xi st a n yw her e else ln all the unlver sc,

wlth Terzat s trlo rested atop the papers.

T b e l n p e rs a p p e a re d . l n se rlptlve or long hancl as though wr lttcn J us t a

few nlnutcs ago; the ink had not faded, but the paper had eurled sllghtly.
XXIII ( c v er y y oung
A n d t h e m e s sa g e o n th e p a g e s adclr essed to Taleur - W lnnlfor cl

T a I e u r - W l n n l fo rcl xxIII a L w a ys dlsappear ed m yster louslv, or so the notes eec m ed

to lndlcate). YoungTa1eurtouched the papers ancl ttfll"a tn" Iocket ir

- _i
at the pr l v at
a m u l e t a n d t he n rn o u tb e d .tb e h or y wor ds fr om the oatecfen leer ned
tbc rerlglon Just seened
chantlngs of the Holy Reader of the Agtrar casters;

toworkltswaylntoeverythlngtbsthappened.Butthlsyounslordoftho
about thls tonb, for thc gecret
unlverse ctld not lntencl to tell the Precentor
( a r lttr e over two year ar nowrhl dl dl en €v or l
b a c r b e e a k e p t n o w fo r se ve ra r year e
who was too r nnocent to ber r ev e l n tbs
f ro n t b s y o un g b rtd e ste rra Estr one

s t a r s ) . T h e precentor requrre. ar,r secrets to be tord to the

ioncrave o f t h e
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.l
la ti
t'
f.
t. a'
!, I

i:
I
t !
ri
I
personal Readers as a sharlng of the lnnermost self and a cleanslng of the
conplete soul. The Precentor held ln trust the keys to the Zoillac Read.lng
Roon of the Hlgh Ord,or of the Constellatlons anil, thus, also bad the tltlc

t o we a r t b b e Je w e l e d cro w n o f Flr st Read.er of the Conolave of the Star s or

Hlg h R e a d e r o f th e A stra l C a g ter s. The Pr ecentor r elgned 1n splend .or ov er

all gplrltual llvlng souls as well as enJoyed the vast tenporal estates: the
Astraoy covered.or lncluded aII people ln the Castollsn of lts tenets or
oatechlsn o... The Precentor kopt all real povrerby glvlng tltles and Lnnedl

glory at the yearly eelebratlons; the arlstooracy was thus kept so busy at

the glorlous appearaaces at partles that ttre real declslons of statc and powetr

passed to the Astrat Readers and the Precentor (even the Precentor hacl to an*

6 wc r o r n a n l p uL a te th e B o a rd o f ten Contr ollcr s) . But the celebr atl ons thr oual ,r -

out the unlverse kept each day so busy for the tltled personages that tlme tc

f eel l o n c 1 y o r to th l n k a b o u t the hum an conclltlon dld not cver cxls t; eac h. d{J

pas s e d l n i d l c g l o ry a s th o u g h that wer e the Last chance to wor shlp the hec l otu- -

lg t lo n a a n a a s th o u g h e a cb mo m ent would last for ever , for tomor r ow and aL1 tl c c - -

fut ure ha6 dlready a rrl ve d a n d woulil be exactly as gr ande as today anc l al l

the d l s t a n t p ast (T IG I3 l I3 h a d. always melntlned thLi66/. The consta nt m nna

or
ha6 rts pergona ln a Jug or a€rosor mrst of honey-dew oarled. Meadla-Ir,{1st
alr y nlst that tagted
?ol p o v d . e r t h at i n b a l e d sl o w ty to sooth the senses: an
tongue or upon
greet and. nstural or a rvhlte poudery forno tbat caked upon the
I r uke one blg par ty last for y ear s
t b e t a c d | D L { A T h e vl a I o r sp ra y nlst oould l),,*4;t

aadyearawltheaoboontlnuougoclebratlongettlngblggerandblggerllke|fiv,

b!-g baPor erPloglve PartY, ffi