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Rudy Rucker
For Embry Cobb Rucker
October 1, 1914 - August 1, 1994

"We live in hope."

CONTENTS
1. MONIQUE : October 30, 2035

2. RANDY : September 2048 - April 2051

3. TRE : March 2049 - October 30, 2053

4. RANDY : March 2052 - August 2053

5. TERRI : June 2043 - October 30, 2053

6. WILLY : March 17, 2031 - July 2052

7. STAHN : October 31, 2053

8. DARLA : 2031 - November 6, 2053

9. TERRI : November 6, 2053

10. DARLA : November 6, 2053

11. STAHN : November 7, 2053 - December 2053

CHAPTER ONE
MONIQUE
OCTOBER 30, 2035
Monique was a moldie: an artificial life form made of a soft plastic that was mottled and
veined with gene-tweaked molds and algae. Although Monique was a being with
superhuman powers, she was working as maid, handyman, and bookkeeper for the
Clearlight Terrace Court Motel in Santa Cruz, California. The motel manager, young Terri
Percesepe, occasionally worried about Monique's motives. But the moldie's work was
affordable and excellent.

The Clearlight was situated near the top of a small hill, fifty yards back from the Santa
Cruz beach with its Boardwalk amusement park. It was a fine fall day, October 30, 2053,
and the morning sun filled the town with a dancing preternatural light that made the air
itself seem jellied and alive. On the ocean, long smooth waves were rolling in, each wave
breaking with a luscious drawn-out crunch.

The motel consisted of a wooden office and three terraced rows of connected stucco
rooms, each room with a double sliding glass door looking out over the sea. Pasted onto
part of each room's door was a translucent psychedelic sticker mimicking an arabesque
tiling. The weathered motel office sat on a flat spot behind the highest terrace. The back