Zooidal Preliminaries

 
 

 

 

 

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PROLOGUE  
Materialization ... *
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Chapter 1  
AUDLEY Clicked the snap shut ... 2*
LOADING LUGGAGE ... 6
AUDLEY Miraculously arrived ... 8
AUDLEY Surveyed the Clouds ... 10
UNITED’s Flight NO. 373 ... 13
MORE THAN Tall Enough ... 22
   
Chapter 2  
BRAD STOOD Watching ... 28*
THE INSTITUTE Headquarters ... 32
OUTSIDE OF Meadowland ... 34
TO A VAST Majority ... 40
DR. BRADFORD SPENCER ... 42
THE TELEPHONE Next to Doc ... 44
SYLVIA CHANDLER WATERGATE ... 48
   
Chapter 3  
WHETHER She heard the twig ... 50*
0802-LZ LEARNED a lot. ... 54
HE WAITED for her at the car ... 63
DUSK CAME ON ... 71
AUDLEY WOKE abruptly ... 76
   
Chapter 4  
SYLVIA WOKE unusually early ... 85*
BRAD was Accustomed to Crises ... 95
LANON PROVED to be ... 97
AUDLEY WOKE in her own bed ... 108
DR. BLACKSTONE hung up ... 112
   
Chapter 5  
UPSTAIRS IN Doc’s second floor ... 114
IN THE BACK of his mind ... 118
BRAD CLOSED THE DOOR ... 120
LANON ENJOYED the Sterile ... 126
MARTHA was in her Glory ... 130
IN SPITE OF the Rapport ... 139
AUDLEY WOKE LATE ... 144
DOC WILL Monitored ... 148*
   
Chapter 6  
UNKNOWN TO AUDLEY ... 152
THOSE SAME COSMIC Overseers ... 154
IN THE DREARY LIGHT of a wet dawn ... 162
THE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS ... 172
DOC WILL DIDN’T SLEEP ... 184*
   
Chapter 7  
AUDLEY WOKE WITH THE SUN ... 188
MARIA’S DINNER ... 199
0802-LZ a/k/a LANON ZENTON ... 201
THE WATERGATE ESTATE ... 209*
   
Chapter 8  
GATEWAY HEADQUARTERS of the JCP ... 215
ON MONDAY following the party ... 218*
AUDLEY WOKE in the early afternoon ... 229
BRAD WAS TROUBLED ... 239
   
Chapter 9  
HAVING DECLARED 0802-LZ ... 246
THE THING ABOUT THE POX ... 256
SYLVIA’S FIRST INSTINCT ... 258
BY THE TIME SHE CLIMBED THE HILL ... 265
ALTHOUGH THEY VISITED ... 269
DOC WILL AND LANON ... 273
ANGUS AND LANON did not sleep ... 283*
   
Chapter 10  
AUDLEY WOKE EARLY, eager ... 287
SYLVIA AND BRAD stopped for lunch ... 300
DOC WILL spent most of the day ... 302
AS ANGUS WALKED THE DESERT ... 304
HER EYES WATERING from peering ... 311
ON THE PATIO BY THE POOL ... 317
   
Chapter 11  
THERE WERE TEN in number ... 322
WHEN AFTER THREE TURNS ... 325*
BRAD GOT AN EARLY START ... 331
THE FALLING STAR ... 333
DOC WILL SLEPT FITFULLY ... 338
JESSIE RETURNED TO GATEWAY ... 340
IN RENO, Sylvia and Audley ... 345
SUMMONED to the Board ... 345
IT DIDN’T SIT WELL with OSCAR ... 346*
SYLVIA HAD LUNCH on the plane ... 348
   
Chapter 12  
LANON HELPED JESSIE ARRANGE ... 350
DOC WILL went to the Clinic ... 370
JESSIE INVITED THE VISITORS ... 370
AFTER A REFLECTIVE REPAST ... 374
THE SPECIAL SESSION CONCLUDED ... 383
   
Chapter 13  
FOR A TIME there were no ... 389
LANON LEFT the Board Meeting ... 389
Dr. SPENCER was officially HIRED ... 394
RETURNING FROM RENO ... 396
CROSSING THE DECK ... 397
ANGUS & DOC WILL EMERGED ... 403
THAT EVENING AT DINNER ... 409*
ON 8-URANUS-25, Audley set out ... 412
COLONY COASTLINE ... 413
That Night; Cybelle Adapted; Women’s Committee ... 417
DOC WILL RELISHED HIS TASC ... 419
AFTER BEING ADMITTED (PSR) ... 420
Prisons of the Mind ...  422*
SYLVIA EXPERIENCED ORIENTATION ... 426
ANNA AND ELLIOT SPROUL ... 428
ACE REPORTER ... 429
LANON REVIEWED ... 432
   
Chapter 14  
WHEN THE CIRCUIT OPENED ... 433
BRAD ATTENDED SYLVIA’S GRADUATION ... 437
FIRST DAY OF FALLFEST ... 439
THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION ... 443*
THE DREAM REALIZED ... 444
AS TWILIGHT APPROACHED ... 445
THE FEST OF FRUITION ... 447
SHE WEPT AND RAGED ... 452
SOMETHING HAD CHANGED ... 453
DR. BLACKSTONE’S PUBLISHER ... 458
THE CAPSULE CLOSED ... 463
EPILOG ...  
BACK AT GATEWAY ... 467


 

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