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very busy, which was to be expected. Not only did he run
the psychiatric unit of the hospital, he had a private practice
in an office a block away on St. Elizabeth Street. He was
also head of an organization of northeast Ohio psychiatrists
and a teacher at a medical college.

Porsena's accomplishments awed Jim. But what most
impressed him was the doctor's 1979 silver Lamborghini.
Now, that was in the WOW! category.

The doctor turned a page of the file and read a line or
two. Then he leaned back.

"You seem to be a wide reader," he said, "though you
prefer science fiction. So many young people do. I have
been a fan of science fiction and fantasy since I started to
read. I began with the Oz books, Grimms' and Lang's fairy
tales, Lewis Can-oil's Alice books. Homer's Odyssey, the
Arabian Nights, Jules Veme, H. G. Wells, and the science
fiction magazines. Tolkien quite captivated me. Then,
while I was in residency in Yale, I read Philip Jose Farmer's
World of Tiers series. Do you know those books?"

"Yeah," Jim said. He straightened up. "Love them! That
Kickaha! But when in hell is Farmer going to finish the
series?"

Porsena shrugged. He was the only man Jim had ever
seen who could make a shrug seem an elegant gesture.

"The point is that, while I was at Yale, I also read a

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biography of Lewis Can-oil. A phrase in the commentary on
the chapter in Alice in Wonderland titled 'A Caucus Race


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and a Long Tail' sparked something in my mind. I then and
there got the idea for Tiersian therapy."

"What's that?" Jim said. "Tiersian? Oh, you mean from
the World of Tiers?"

"As good a word as any and better than some," Doctor