"Jody Lynn Nye - Muchness" - читать интересную книгу автора (Nye Jody Lynn)

shoemakers.
"We've postulated that there will be the greatest saturation, the greatest concentration of the field which
will draw you in, and form an energy carrier around you. That will disperse on contact with the receiver
station, which is synched to the frequency of this one, and deposit you at your destination. This theory
seems to be upheld by eyewitness accounts at the far end, in Chicago. It certainly has been upheld in
trials here in this facility. You should have awareness of the field. In fact, you may be able to help
yourself reach the terminus point."
Val nodded. "What's the field like that I'm searching for? Does it look like anything? Can I hear it? Will
it broadcast any particular frequency?"
The man shook his head. "It does, but it isn't perceptible within the system. Whatever we have tapped
into is beyond, or between, our normal ability to sense it. I don't know. Any of the scopes we've sent
through with the rats have failed to register any readings whatsoever. The videotapes have all been
blank. Whatever we're dealing with here is not something we've yet learned how to make a monitor to
detect. That's why we need an eyewitness."
Clyde spoke up, fixing her with his intent, shortsighted gaze. "I've been working by feel. When we sent
rats on the short hops between here and the other room, all I can tell you is on the receiving end just
before they appeared it felt like more." The brown eyes opened up wider, and his pupils dilated. "More."
"More what?" Valerie demanded. "More power?" The man shook his head. "More light? Heat?"
"More. That's all. A sense of much rather than little. Go towards it, and you'll come out the other end, no
worries."
"Brilliant," Valerie said, laughing hollowly. "My life will depend on my being able to distinguish
muchness."
"It's not that bad," he said. "The energy carrier will do all the work. I want to warn you that the
frequency we are using is not unique. Don't let the carrier disperse. You may end up trapped somewhere
other than where you want to be."
"You're going to shotgun me toward the field, and count on the right receiver to attract me, although you
don't know exactly how it does it."
"That's about the size of the shoe. Will you wear it?"
Valerie studied their faces. They hoped, and they were scared, too.
"I suppose so," she said slowly. "Ever since I was a little girl listening to my mother read storybooks,
I've wondered what much of a muchness was. I see I won't find out unless I go and experience it for
myself. None of you seem to know what it is."
They accepted her agreement with the solemnity of graduates being conferred the degree of Doctor of
Medicine by the Chancellor of the University. At once she was a goddess, offered any favor within their
power lest she withdraw her blessing from them.
"D'you want a chair, Val?"
"How about a drink?"
"I'll feed your cats tonight. Do you want me to stay over with them?"


file:///H|/eMule/Incoming/Jody%20Lynn%20Nye%20-%20Muchness%20(TAEL)%20v1.0.html (2 of 10)14-8-2005 2:07:25
 Muchness by Jody Lynn Nye

That question caught her attention as she was reaching for the proffered lab beaker full of orange soda.
"How long am I going to be gone?"
Connor cleared his throat. "If this was a textbook trial, perhaps a matter of minutes. But no one has
written the textbook yet."
"Real science." Clyde straightened his glasses on his short, upturned nose and leered at her. Connor
ignored his subordinate's levity.
"The transference will be instantaneous, but our counterparts in Chicago are to run a full medical