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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…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 30
Posted by coby on March 6, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 29 Table of Contents Chapter 31 Chapter 30 Platonic Lust, December 12, 2055 Some women engineer their faces. They have studied celebrity, looked at the beautiful and followed the dictates of fashion. Their faces are uniformly flawless. Eyebrows are perfectly plucked to the prescribed trace. Their eyes are…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 29
Posted by coby on February 27, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 28 Table of Contents Chapter 30 Chapter 29 On the Home Front, December 8, 2055 When I got home that afternoon, Edie was in a bit of a state. “Luc, what is going on?” “What do you mean?” “There was a phonecall for you a while ago…from the…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 28
Posted by coby on February 20, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 27 Table of Contents Chapter 29 Chapter 28 UNGETF, December 8, 2055 I looked forward to the first meeting of Group 7 with some trepidation. According to my email update it was on the seventh floor of the MacDonald building which housed the municipal offices downtown. I had…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 27
Posted by coby on February 13, 2013 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 26 Table of Contents Chapter 28 Chapter 27 Eco 550 — Geoengineering, November 29, 2055 When I was a student, it was not unusual to hear that virtual glasses were going to revolutionize education. Veegees, as they came to be called, were internet connected computers that used the…