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One bright summer morning, Ivan Kroutikhin went quite mad.
He was a tiny, balding, elderly man, with hunched shoulders.
After a hasty breakfast, he patted the toast crumbs off his usual shabby suit and shuffled towards the door.
“Stop!” said his wife, Ira. “You forgot the garbage. It’s stinking up the whole apartment.”
“I’d prefer […]

RTD2, who actually liked to call himself “Artie De True” after the humor circuit had been added to his metallic cranium, stopped by the computer lab on his way to work at the Infinite Robotics Factory.
His friend, Random Bytes, a new flat screen, completely automated psychological responsive unit was not busy and had time to […]

The term half-wit may actually be more true than we realize. And it also may be more common than we care to admit.
There isn’t really a term for thinking with all of your brain, so we’ll call it whole brain thinking.
Whole brain thinking is not only top to bottom thinking but also left to […]

Since ancient times it has been known that your word is a cause set in motion. In fact, the universe itself is claimed to have emanated from a single primordial sound. In the science of yoga, it is believed that certain Sanskrit words, known as mantras, can bring about magical results, thus you […]

The young man stood on the steps of the library, waiting for it to open.
The librarians, three elderly ladies sedately dressed and whispering even amongst themselves, came at the appointed hour, unlocked the door, and went in.
Ten minutes later, after completing their opening ritual, they decided to open the door five minutes earlier to let […]

The Martian stood in the open field surrounded by the best government artillery pointed at his head and chest and back.
The infantry troops formed a circle around him.
Up above, fighter jets waited for the word to launch a missile right into the corn field if necessary.
Unaware of the hostile force that had greeted […]

After my spaceship had landed on Antichronous and I had spent a good deal of time amongst the enlightened inhabitants, I also lost track of time.
Like earth, the planet rotates around the sun and time can be measured. And the people are certainly clever enough to create measuring devices for time, from watches to […]

Sitting by the fireside in the cold desert night, the sky above him pitch black and mysteriously void of stars, he reflected on who he was and what he might have been and the history of the troubled times that were unfolding all around him.
His name was Chief Joseph. Possibly the greatest of the […]

In a world where most people seem to spend their lives doing things they hate, my writing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of rebellion.
Writing is similar to alchemy. Western alchemy, if you remember, has been closely connected with Hermeticism, a philosophical system that traces its roots to Hermes Trismegistus.
In […]

Persistence is the royal road to success.
If you have this one quality, you will succeed in anything.
Lack it, and you will be a failure in life.
Persistence is to success what carbon is to steel, an essential ingredient.
In any endeavor, you will meet adversity after adversity, within and without, and unless you persist through them all, […]