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All the groundwork the book has been laying is starting to really pay dividends, the overall picture is hazily coming into view. Getting really engrossing. Still a book that demands your undivided attention, as it has from the beginning.

There was another thought which a scanning of those tiny electronic headlines often invoked. The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing it’s contents seemed to be. Accidents, crimes, natural and man-made disasters, the threats of conflict, gloomy editorials- these stilled seems to be the main concern of the millions of words being sprayed into the ether.

It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy- of dissatisfaction with his life. He had no idea of it’s cause, still less of its cute; but discontent had come into his soul, and he had taken one small step toward humanity.

But the barriers of distance are crumbling; one day we shall meet our equals, or our masters, among the stars.