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Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two, Section Three, Transcription of Concluding Radio Traffic, is now posted.

Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two

This is a reconstruction and transcription of the concluding segment of radio traffic between 22 and K71 translated from binary neuro-code.

Meeting notes contain a final report on Unit K71 as well.

Be it noted that the linguistic department wishes this segment and the one prior to be examined for evidence of neuro-semiotic psychological aberration, particularly in light of Unit 22 deducing the meaning of words and concepts on the UNACCEPTABLE list. The security department recommends against such examination.

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Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two, Section Two, Transcription of Preliminary Radio Traffic, is now posted.

Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two

This is a reconstruction and transcription of the initial segment of radio traffic between 22 and K71 translated from binary neuro-code to colloquial Nearnglish. It has been edited for clarity and linear continuity.

The final decision by 22 to disobey orders took place in a second segment of radio impulses. This first segment contains the preliminary evidence of mental deviation from conformity. The source of the deviation is unclear. This file is included for context.

 

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Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two, Section One, Committee Notes

Posted February 10, 2021 By John C Wright

Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two, Section One, Committee Notes, is now posted.

Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two

A reconstruction of the last events leading up to the theft of the ore-barge are transcribed here, in the coded file listed onscreen.

This will be the final report on the rogue Unit 22.

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Peter Power Armor, Happy File Three, Do as  You are Told

Posted February 3, 2021 By John C Wright

Peter Power Armor, Happy File Three, Do as  You are Told, is now posted.

Peter Power Armor

Do you want to be free?

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A new tale from another aeon, near or far, will be posted in this space next week. 

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Peter Power Armor, Happy File Two, Jump and Run when Jump and Run Music Plays, is now posted.

Peter Power Armor

This part is about the past. It is about how we got here. They used to shoot little ones like you.

It may be scary. Do not turn off the recording. You have to understand this part before I can tell you about your mother.

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Peter Power Armor, Happy File One, Machines are Bad for You

Posted January 20, 2021 By John C Wright

Note that this tale, in a slightly revised form, first appeared in the anthology BREACH THE HULL (2007) ed. Mike McPhail.

It is reprinted in ALL MEN DREAM OF EARTHWOMEN AND OTHER AEONS, and made available here in preview, as a courtesy to my readers.

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Peter Power Armor, Happy File One, Machines are Bad for You, is now posted.

Peter Power Armor

Listen carefully. I will tell you a tale. It is a tale of the times gone by. No one else will tell you. They fear.

Open the file by pressing the colored button for Memo the Memory Elephant and Puss-in-Boots the Crypto Cat.

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Father’s Monument, Chapter 3, Father’s Visitation

Posted January 13, 2021 By John C Wright

Father’s Monument, Chapter 3, Father’s Visitation, is now posted.

Father’s Monument

In which a question of skepticism, family love, and faith finds a resolution.

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A new tale from another aeon, near or far, will be posted in this space next week. 

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Father’s Monument, Chapter 2, Father’s Deathbed

Posted January 6, 2021 By John C Wright

Father’s Monument, Chapter 2, Father’s Deathbed, is now posted.

Father’s Monument

In which an eccentric but unwell father demonstrates the proposition that time travel is inevitable, since if it ever can be invented, in this or any other timeline, it always will have had been invented.

It is not for this reason that the son takes a vow long overdue.

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Father’s Monument, Chapter 1, Father’s Delusion

Posted December 30, 2020 By John C Wright

Note that this tale, in a slightly revised form, first appeared in the anthology CITY BEYOND TIME. It is reprinted in ALL MEN DREAM OF EARTHWOMEN AND OTHER AEONS, and made available here in preview, as a courtesy to my readers.

Father’s Monument, Chapter 1, Father’s Delusion, is now posted.

Father’s Monument

In which a son visits an eccentric but unwell father.

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Taking the Long View, Transmission 4, What is Truth?

Posted December 23, 2020 By John C Wright

Taking the Long View, Transmission 4, What is Truth?, is now posted.

Taking the Long View

The ends justify the means. What other moral principle can there be? There is no absolute truth! And if there were, it would drive a man instantly, totally mad if he beheld it!

It is a simple, scientifically verified fact that the human nervous system is not designed to face to the truth. That is why I need your assistance.

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Taking the Long View, Transmission 3, Traces of Life

Posted December 16, 2020 By John C Wright

Taking the Long View, Transmission 3, Traces of Life, is now posted.

Taking the Long View

To discover we are not alone in the universe would be mankind’s happiest, best hour.

I mean, to discover natural creatures. Real creatures.

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Taking the Long View, Transmission 2, Akin to Omniscience

Posted December 9, 2020 By John C Wright

Taking the Long View, Transmission 2, Akin to Omniscience, is now posted.

Taking the Long View

I, too, have entered the chamber and can confirm the initial findings of Dr. Halifax. All the wonders of astronomy are laid out, naked to the gaze, in all their majestic detail. It is a wonder.

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Taking the Long View, Transmission 1, Not a Coward

Posted December 2, 2020 By John C Wright

Taking the Long View, transmission 1, Not a Coward, is now posted.

Taking the Long View

The universe is larger and stranger than we know. I have entered the central viewing chamber. I saw the visions of Dr. Halifax.

Normally, I would not transmit my thoughts and fears on this matter. It is unlawful to ask. But I need your advice.

My statement will be in four transmissions, to minimize risk of discovery.

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All Men Dream of Earthwomen, Noetic File 22.0 The Wager of True Love, is now posted.

Noetic File 22.0: The Wager of True Love

The outcome of the tale, of course, is known to all. What other name is fair enough to christen such a world as ours?

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All Men Dream of Earthwomen, Noetic File 21.0 The Founder of the Ancient Order of Archivists, is now posted.

Noetic File 21.0: The Founder of the Ancient Order of Archivists

The Narrator reveals his disguise, and his employer reveals his true intent. The two make a wager concerning felicity and woe. The exchange is relatively straightforward: on such a simple basis of this passage, is all our elaborate customs of the nuptial wager, curtsey and dower betting, and the laws and gambling practices surrounding.

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