Call Me Meier," Goring Said,

Despite My Vast Interest In Other Universes And New Ideas And Space, Travel And Time Travel, Which By The Way I Think Is Impossible, The Basic Thing Is Human Character, Which Is The Main Thing Of Most Writers.

The Truth Is That Trout, Like Vonnegut And Ray Bradbury And Many Others, Writes Parables. These Are Set In Frames Which Have Become Called, For No Good Reason, Science Fiction. A Better Generic Term Would Be 'future Fairy Tales'. And Even This Is Objectionable, Since Many Science Fiction Stories Take Place In The Present Or The Past, Far And Near.

Resurrection, Like Politics, Makes Strange Bedfellows.

Reader, Pray That Soon This Iron Age Will Crumble, And Beauty Escape The Rusting Cage.

Dullard: Someone Who Looks Up A Thing In The Encyclopedia, Turns Directly To The Entry, Reads It, And Then Closes The Book.