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The Spawn of Non-Q by A.E. v*n V*gt [MultiFormat]
eBook by David Langford
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: Utterly reprehensible parody of van Vogt's The World of Null-A, with amnesiac superman Filbert Insseyn caught in the toils of the most incomprehensible plot ever devised for a single individual.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two, 1988
Fictionwise Release Date: June 2004
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [69 KB], eReader (PDB) [28 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [14 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [14 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [65 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [87 KB], hiebook (KML) [42 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [46 KB], iSilo (PDB) [12 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [15 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [43 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [24 KB]
Words: 3695
Reading time: 10-14 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
CHAPTER ONEFor the sake of sanity, OVER-DESCRIBE. Don't simply say "One lump, please", but give the sugar's exact dimensions, assumed density, crystal structure, chemical formula and percentage of permissible impurities. This will clarify your thinking and allow you to reap the benefits of drinking healthful, correctly sugared, cold tea. (Korzybski) As Filbert Insseyn woke in the cheap hotel bedroom, his bloodstream already reeled in an illusion of foreboding. He wrenched himself free from a half-sleeping dream of lovingly binding and gagging his wife Fanny Perennial, whom he abruptly realized he had never met. Non-Q training prepared one for these crises. One cautious, analytical glance at his wristwatch confirmed the suspicion. He had overslept, and the second hand was already ticking close to the 800-word mark. Too late for anything but a single pellucid instant's rage, anguish, and calm indecision before-- A man crashed through the door with a city-wrecking atomic missile, and there was-- Oblivion!
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