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illconsidered | August 8, 2012The Bottleneck Years
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 0
Edie, May 11, 2055
I hate it when I find myself doing something and I don't know why. Somehow that seems to happen a lot around my brother, Matt. This time he wanted me to accompany him on a visit to his fiancee, Adelle. I didn't know why and frankly, I didn't really care at the time. My other brother Jon was supposed to be arriving back from the North today, but Matt's invitation gave me a chance to ride in his new car. Usually I get around on bike and foot, so the Faraday was a treat.
Adelle lived on the far…
illconsidered | August 8, 2012
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.ISBN: 978-0-9881321-0-8
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…
illconsidered | August 8, 2012As regulars are well aware, much (some periods, all!) of the content here is not produced by me, but by H. E. Taylor (het) in the form of the weekly global warming news roundup. Well, we are in for some more regular content in the form of his latest novel, The Bottleneck Years. The text below introduces this endeavor and will be immediately followed by the table of contents and chapter 0.
I thank him for allowing his work to be reproduced here!
Fair Warning
Recently I had a nightmare in which I was a graphic artist about to put on a show. I was wandering through the small half…