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Rudy Rucker



For Embry Cobb Rucker
October 1, 1914 - August 1, 1994
"We live in hope."



CONTENTS
MONIQUE : October 30, 2035
RANDY : September 2048 - April 2051
TRE : March 2049 - October 30, 2053
RANDY : March 2052 - August 2053
TERRI : June 2043 - October 30, 2053
WILLY : March 17, 2031 - July 2052
STAHN : October 31, 2053
DARLA : 2031 - November 6, 2053
TERRI : November 6, 2053
DARLA : November 6, 2053
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 part of the office held a four-room