Lesson One In Time Travel,

Without A Yardstick Sometimes The High Points Can Be Taken For Granted.

Humans Like Stories. Humans Need Stories. Stories Are Good. Stories Work. Story Clarifies And Captures The Essence Of The Human Spirit. Story, In All Its Forms—of Life, Of Love, Of Knowledge—has Traced The Upward Surge Of Mankind. And Story, You Mark My Words, Will Be With The Last Human To Draw Breath.

The Fun One Can Have Writing Books About Books Is Limitless, To Be Honest.

Acceptable Rules Of Conduct Were Suspended When It Came To The Spoon Shortage. The Deficit Had Gotten So Bad That Prices Were All But Unaffordable, And Dynastic Spoon Succession Had Become A Matter Of Considerable Interest. Spoons Were Even Postcode Engraved And Carried On One's Person To Eliminate Theft, And Good Table Manners, One Of The Eight Pillars Upon Which The Collective Was Built, Had Been Relaxed To Allow Tea To Be Stirred - Shockingly - With The Handle Of A Fork.

Literary Detection And Firearms Don't Really Go Hand In Hand; Pen Mighter Than The Sword And So Forth.