The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
My thanks go to Marlene for listening and to Kaeren and Rick
at the Sal's for their many helpful comments.
Copyright(2012) by H.E. Taylor
Table of Contents
Chapter | Title | Date | Page |
0 | Edie | May 11, 2055 | 5 |
1 | The Burning Lake | May 11, 2055 | 9 |
2 | Externalities | May 11, 2055 | 13 |
3 | Electronic Democracy | May 11, 2055 | 17 |
4 | Matt | May 18. 2055 | 23 |
5 | FabNet | May 18, 2055 | 27 |
6 | The Great Hunger | May 19, 2055 | 30 |
7 | Teaser | June 4, 2055 | 35 |
8 | Jacy | June 7, 2055 | 38 |
9 | Henry | June 10, 2055 | 40 |
10 | Robert Fontaine | July 18, 2055 | 52 |
11 | The Funeral | July 23, 2055 | 54 |
12 | The Reception | July 23, 2055 | 56 |
13 | Olivia | August 30, 2055 | 59 |
14 | The Clone Document | September 7, 2055 | 61 |
15 | The Great Work | September 7, 2055 | 64 |
16 | Carman | Sept. 25, 2055 | 66 |
17 | Microbugs | Sept. 25, 2055 | 72 |
18 | Amazon | Sept. 29, 2055 | 74 |
19 | Rio Triste | October 22, 2055 | 77 |
20 | An Awkward Homecoming | November 17, 2055 | 82 |
21 | At a sidewalk cafe | November 19, 2055 | 85 |
22 | Vancouver | November 20, 2055 | 88 |
23 | The Ax Falls | November 20, 2055 | 94 |
24 | The Anvil Breaks | November 20, 2055 | 97 |
25 | Rhamaposa | November 21, 2055 | 101 |
26 | A Quiet Sunday | November 28, 2055 | 103 |
27 | Eco 550 -- Geoengineering | November 29, 2055 | 109 |
28 | UNGETF | December 8, 2055 | 116 |
29 | On the Home Front | December 8, 2055 | 121 |
30 | Platonic Lust | December 12, 2055 | 126 |
31 | A Convention of Idiots | December 12, 2055 | 131 |
32 | One Damned Thing After Another | December 14, 2055 | 134 |
33 | Jon Visits | January 27, 2056 | 139 |
34 | Group 2 Disaster | February 17, 2056 | 144 |
35 | Prometheus | March 8, 2056 | 148 |
36 | Neurolin | March 17, 2056 | 153 |
37 | UNGETF Reacts | March 24, 2056 | 156 |
38 | Artificial Biology | April 19, 2056 | 159 |
39 | A Walk in the Park | April 26, 2056 | 162 |
40 | Learning To Stand | June 17, 2056 | 165 |
41 | Theft and Meditation | June 27, 2056 | 167 |
42 | The Daily Battle | July 7, 2056 | 172 |
43 | Group 5 | July 12, 2056 | 174 |
44 | An Unsettling Meeting | July 19, 2056 | 177 |
45 | Daedalus | August 19, 2056 | 180 |
46 | Boo-Boo | August 26, 2056 | 182 |
47 | Symbiosis | September 27, 2056 | 185 |
48 | Edie's Questions | October 4, 2056 | 187 |
49 | Solstice | December 27, 2056 | 189 |
50 | Eco 110 - Carrying Capacity | January 15, 2057 | 190 |
51 | Soap | February 20, 2057 | 196 |
52 | Ecology 550 - Group 5 Overview | March 8, 2057 | 198 |
53 | Carillon | March 8, 2057 | 203 |
54 | Greenhouse | May 31, 2057 | 206 |
55 | Spacemen | September 11, 2057 | 212 |
56 | Petrov | October 19, 2057 | 214 |
57 | Moonchild | December 11, 2057 | 215 |
58 | Ecology 110 - Water Vapour | January 6, 2058 | 219 |
59 | Asteroid Disaster | January 27, 2058 | 223 |
60 | L1 Roustabouts | February 15, 2058 | 225 |
61 | Crystal Jellies | March 19, 2058 | 227 |
62 | Baumgarten | July 2, 2058 | 232 |
63 | The Atlas | August 16, 2058 | 235 |
64 | The Eclipse Machine | September 7, 2058 | 237 |
65 | Matthew Fontaine | December 11, 2058 | 239 |
66 | Arrangements | December 11, 2058 | 241 |
67 | The Body | January 18, 2059 | 244 |
68 | Estrangement | February 1, 2059 | 246 |
69 | Engagement | February 1, 2059 | 249 |
70 | Sunbugs | February 12, 2058 | 252 |
71 | Decision Point | February 23, 2059 | 257 |
72 | No Miracles | April 30, 2059 | 260 |
73 | Sabotage | September 15, 2059 | 262 |
74 | Waiting | September 18, 2059 | 266 |
75 | Ottawa | November 7, 2059 | 268 |
76 | A Better World | November 12, 2059 | 272 |
77 | Unburdening | November 12, 2059 | 277 |
78 | EcoCops | November 13, 2059 | 280 |
79 | The Military Industrial Prison Complex | November 14, 2055 | 282 |
80 | Makeba | November 14, 2055 | 285 |
81 | Visitation Rights | November 19, 2059 | 286 |
82 | Rescued | November 20, 2059 | 289 |
83 | The World Park | December 3, 2059 | 293 |
84 | The Sorceror's Apprentice | January 27, 2060 | 296 |
85 | Tephra | February 3, 2060 | 298 |
86 | And Baby Makes Four | March 18, 2060 | 302 |
87 | The Chinese Girlfriend | April 15, 2060 | 305 |
88 | Going North | June 15, 2060 | 307 |
89 | The Beating | June 24, 2060 | 311 |
90 | Ecology 330 -- Extinction | July 7, 2060 | 313 |
91 | Second Tour | August 30, 2060 | 320 |
92 | Ultraviolet | September 4, 2060 | 323 |
93 | A New Disaster | September 18, 2060 | 326 |
94 | Andrew | September 21, 2060 | 328 |
95 | Four Mouths | October 4, 2060 | 330 |
96 | Eco550 - The Oceans | November 14, 2060 | 332 |
97 | The Trial | March 18, 2061 | 336 |
98 | The Second Day | March 21, 2061 | 338 |
99 | The Third Day | March 22, 2061 | 341 |
100 | Sticks and Stones | July 7, 2061 | 344 |
101 | Where We Stand | July 16, 2061 | 346 |
102 | Addendum by Anna Fontaine | October 12, 2087 | 348 |
Excerpted from _The Bottleneck Years_ by H.E. Taylor
For further information see:
A Gentle Introduction.
Last modified August 1, 2012
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