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The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 41
Posted by coby on May 23, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 40 Table of Contents Chapter 42 Chapter 41 Theft and Meditation, June 27, 2056 I was between classes in mid-afternoon when Edie phoned. “Luc. There are men in the shed stealing things.” “Call the police.” “I did. There’s no answer.” “What?” “I tried to stop them, but…” “Where…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 40
Posted by coby on May 15, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 39 Table of Contents Chapter 41 Chapter 40 Learning To Stand, June 17, 2056 The weeks ground by. The meetings, the lack of progress really grated. I wasn’t doing well in my work. The damned membrane grew, but it kept wanting to curl up in tubes and I…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 39
Posted by coby on May 8, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 38 Table of Contents Chapter 40 Chapter 39 A Walk in the Park, April 26, 2056 I got a bit of a surprise when I got home. Edie caught me just as I was entering and asked, “Do you think we are descending into a New Dark Age?”…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 38
Posted by coby on May 1, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 37 Table of Contents Chapter 39 Artificial Biology, April 19, 2056 I was beginning to feel like things were slipping out of control. I don’t know that they had ever been in control, but before Edie started Neurolin, before the Group 2 disaster and before Rhamaposa started talking…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 36
Posted by coby on April 17, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 35 Table of Contents Chapter 37 Chapter 36 Neurolin, March 17, 2056 Edie was changing. I didn’t know how, but she was no longer the shy retiring mouse of a woman she had been. A week later I happened across a clue. As a matter of course, we…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 35
Posted by coby on April 10, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 34 Table of Contents Chapter 36 Chapter 35 Prometheus, March 8, 2056 To be honest, the Group 2 debacle was more of a public relations disaster than an ecological one. The damage was dramatic, but relatively restricted. Within 48 hours someone leaked the hazmat team video on the…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 34
Posted by coby on April 4, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 33 Table of Contents Chapter 35 Chapter 34 Group 2 Disaster, February 17, 2056 At the next UNGETF conference, we were given an interim report on Corella Corporation activities on behalf of Group 2. They were using balloons to hoist tons of sulphur pellets for release in the…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 33
Posted by coby on March 28, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 32 Table of Contents Chapter 34 Chapter 33 Jon Visits, January 27, 2056 On Sunday Jon called to say he would be dropping around to visit next week. The Senator was scheduled to hold a series of meetings with Provincial and First Nation leaders. He didn’t know when…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 32
Posted by coby on March 20, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 31 Table of Contents Chapter 33 Chapter 32 One Thing After Another, December 14, 2055 The next few days were just one damned thing after another. On Monday, when I walked into Ecology 550, a spontaneous wave of applause broke out. I held up my hands. “Okay. Okay,…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 31
Posted by coby on March 14, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 30 Table of Contents Chapter 32 Chapter 31 A Convention of Idiots, December 12, 2055 Reality landed right on my shoulders with a thump that evening. I was at home in the library categorizing and prioritizing the Ecology 550 students’ geoengineering ideas, when the phone rang. It was…