"Ian Watson - Saving for a Sunny Day" - читать интересную книгу автора (Watson Ian)

prince or peasant; a fortune gotten in Nebraska could turn up next in Namibia. This also was quite
utopian, give or take a residue of religious suicide-fighter-martyrs who seemed almost nostalgic in their
fanaticism, and who couldn't export themselves far. Yes indeed, the world was realistically utopian.

But don't go imagining Jimmy's world as a Matrixiarchy. The A.I. hadn't stored everyone in pods in a
collective dream without folks noticing. The A.I. probably needed to experience reality through people,
not the other way round. Matrixism was as defunct as Marxism. Some ancient movies were hilarious.
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"Mom,тАЭ said Jimmy, тАЬmight I be a woman in my next life?"

"Would you like to be a woman?"

"I want to have a better body!"

"You think women's bodies are better?тАЭ asked his Dad.

"Maybe I've already been a woman! Maybe you have!"

"Son, I think I have a kind of manly spirit."

Denise chuckledтАФno, it wasn't a snigger.

And Jimmy said, тАЬThe A.I. must know if men become women, and women men. The Bank might know!"

Mike shook his head. тАЬRebirth Confidentiality. Bank only knows barcode account numbers, not names
and sexes."

"Maybe,тАЭ said Jimmy, тАЬthis is how gay people come about. Womanly spirits in men's bodies. Though
you'd think over time people could become either men or women, unless there's a bias."

Already he was seeking for patterns, as amongst the movements of the hens. Chickens. Poultry,
whatever.

Jimmy continued, тАЬIf everyone gets to be a woman and a man, then what counts each time might only be
the hormones."

"Evidently,тАЭ said Mike, тАЬthe A.I. thinks we oughtn't to know about that side of reincarnation. But
anyway, men love other men for manly reasons, not because one of them's a woman in disguise."

Denise regarded Mike archly. тАЬAnd women love women for womanly reasons. And you're forgetting
about transvestites."

"Yeah, don't ever forget about transvestites."

"We did those in school last week in Sex-Ed,тАЭ piped up Jimmy.

"I think,тАЭ said Mike, тАЬtransvestites are a conspiracy by the fashion industry. Sell twice as many clothes.тАЭ
But he winked; he was joking.

Jimmy picked up the binoculars and gazed at the Wyandotes and Leghorns across the way. He had a lot