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TROJAN HORSE

Michael Swanwick



Science fiction is for the most part a literature of rationalism, but this has never prevented its
writers from speculating about matters that go beyond scientific knowledge. The subject of God
turns up in a large number of thoughtful stories, from Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" to Walter M.
Miller's A Canticle for LeibowitzтАж and now in this intense novelette about human-computer
interfacing on a future space station.



Michael Swanwick's short fiction has often been nominated for awards, and his first novel. In the
Drift, was published early this year.



"It's all inside my head," Elin said wonderingly. It was true. A chimney swift flew overhead, and she
could feel its passage through her mind. A firefly landed on her knee. It pulsed cold fire, then spread its
wings and was go^, and that was a part of her, too.



"Please try not to talk too much." The wetware tech tightened a cinch on the table* adjusted a bone
inductor. His red and green facepaint loomed over her, then receded. "This will go much faster if you
cooperate."



Elin's head felt light and airy. It was huge. It contained all of Magritte, from the uppermost terrace down
through the office levels to the trellis farms that circled the inner lake. Even the blue and white Earth that
hovered just over one rock wall. They were all within her. They were all, she realized, only a model, the
picture her mind assembled from sensory input. The exterior universe-the real universe-lay beyond.



"I feel giddy."



"Contrast high." The tech's voice was neutral. "This is a different mode of perception from what you're
used to-you're stoned on the novelty."