"Rudy Rucker - Master Of Space And Time" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rucker Rudy)

That baby only has one tooth, but it bit Serena and
she threw a fit. Mary Jo had to carry her back
here."

"What a brat."

"Oh, but be nice to her. I was just like Serena
when I was little."

Unable to turn the knob, Serena began kicking
the door. "Dada! Dada! Dada! Dada!"

"Here I come. Don't break the door."

When I opened the door, Serena squealed and
toddled off at high speed. I followed her into the
kitchen and popped the top on a Bud. One thing
about Nancy, she kept the fridge well-stocked. I
inhaled the first beer and started a second. That
regress had been bad news. In a way it had taken
place outside of time. I wondered what would
have happened if I'd wrung the neck of the thumb-
sized Fletcher in the toy car. The giant would have
done the same to me, of course, while being choked
himself and uh uh uh. Hall of mirrors. Harry's

doing. Master of space and time. I'd ask him for
five million.
I got out the phone book and looked under
Appliances, Service and Repair. Harry had taken over
his family's business when his parents died last
winter. I'd never seen the place yet. The ad was
pure Harry:

Don't Think We Don't Think Don't Think Don't Robotics and Appliance Repair
GERBER CYBERNETICS
Twenty Years at the Same Location! Yes, We Take Cash! 824-1301 501
Suydam St. New Brunswick

Cybernetics. That was a word Harry and I had
always laughed about. Nobody has any idea what it
means, it's just some crazy term that Norbert Wie-
ner made up. Gerber Cybernetics. I dialed the
number.

"Hello?" An old woman's questioning quaver.

"This is Joseph Fletcher. Is Mr. Gerber in?"

"I'll get him. Haaaaaaaary!" There were footsteps,