The human mind begins small and simple. But with enough improvements, the mind will be able to comprehend the entire universe. And given enough imagination, the soul will be able to go anywhere and do anything, and without ever leave its bed.
“'You are a good man. I can see it in your hand.'
"The American was sitting in the front room of a tidy little house. Surrounding him was a sprawling metropolis set on the banks of a great tropical river. Helicopters were circling, while fat transport aircraft were lifting off from the airport, moving lucky passengers toward the sea and distant airfields. Other than the whine of airplane engines, the scene was remarkably quiet. No traffic moved in the streets. Only the occasional deep thump of artillery proved that war was being waged on the city’s outskirts. But every important battle had been lost, the enemy set to pour over the breached walls and collapsed trenches. About that enemy, my companion said little. 'The Scourge,' he called them, assuming that was enough. The Scourge didn’t seem to be mere Communists or Fascists or any other political force with a pragmatic charity or the capacity to be less than murderous. No, what was descending on that imaginary place was left undefined and unspeakable, and it was so terrible that a decent man could invite a foreigner into his home, feed him the last of his precious food, then read his palm and smile with a despairing hope before mentioning, 'I have daughters. Three of them.'”
Robert Reed is a prolific science fiction author. Best know for the Great Ship stories, his novella, "A Billion Eves," won the Hugo Award in 2007.
"Flavors of My Genius" is a hard-to-find novella previously published as a chapbook.
Genre: Science Fiction
“'You are a good man. I can see it in your hand.'
"The American was sitting in the front room of a tidy little house. Surrounding him was a sprawling metropolis set on the banks of a great tropical river. Helicopters were circling, while fat transport aircraft were lifting off from the airport, moving lucky passengers toward the sea and distant airfields. Other than the whine of airplane engines, the scene was remarkably quiet. No traffic moved in the streets. Only the occasional deep thump of artillery proved that war was being waged on the city’s outskirts. But every important battle had been lost, the enemy set to pour over the breached walls and collapsed trenches. About that enemy, my companion said little. 'The Scourge,' he called them, assuming that was enough. The Scourge didn’t seem to be mere Communists or Fascists or any other political force with a pragmatic charity or the capacity to be less than murderous. No, what was descending on that imaginary place was left undefined and unspeakable, and it was so terrible that a decent man could invite a foreigner into his home, feed him the last of his precious food, then read his palm and smile with a despairing hope before mentioning, 'I have daughters. Three of them.'”
Robert Reed is a prolific science fiction author. Best know for the Great Ship stories, his novella, "A Billion Eves," won the Hugo Award in 2007.
"Flavors of My Genius" is a hard-to-find novella previously published as a chapbook.
Genre: Science Fiction
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