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A.K.A. A Cosmic Fable MAGNUM BOOKS Methuen Paperbacks Ltd ISBN 0 417 03990 5 First published 1978 by Houghton Mifflin Company Inc., New York Magnum edition published 1979 Copyright ┬й 1978 by Rob Swigart This is Jane's book Acknowledgments Special thanks must go to many who contributed in one way or another to this fable: Sharon and especially Jack Erwin; Bill and Louise Winter, who gave August his vitiligo, among other Steinhart; my friend Tom Hecker; Diane and Michael Flaherty; Buff Bradley, the Zen Baptist, and Susan; Michael Murphy, who loaned me Reich; Patti Harris, who made the shirts; and Doc Burgert, who has the ripest laugh west of Chicago ... ELECTRONIC PROLOGUE ... the reader, like the writer himself, will not be able to escape the feeling that the investigation of the orgasm, the Cinderella of the natural sciences, has led us far into deeply stirring secrets of nature. - Wilhelm Reich, The Function of the Orgasm A Place Setting THE DIRECTOR LEANED BACK in his swivel chair and stared out at the blistering smelter of late June in Washington. What was being forged out there? He swiveled around and pressed a button. "Computer? Team A reports Avery Augenblaue's return. What do they mean?" "They mean he is returning, Mr. Director." "Yes. But where is he returning from?" "Intergalactic space. He's been gone for ten years and is due to return today." "Where is he landing?" "Kankakee, Illinois. Augenblaue AeroSpace facility." "I seem to remember something about the launch. What happened then?" "He took off in the A.K.A. Monastic, and there was a riot in the stands." "The stands?" |
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