Now When I Die, I

And, Before Science Had Caught Up With The Legend, The Legend Had Swallowed Science And Everything.

Now When I Die, I Shall Only Be Dead.

He Stood There For A Moment Looking Around The Silent Room, Shaking His Head Slowly. All These Books, He Thought, The Residue Of A Planet’s Intellect, The Scrapings Of Futile Minds, The Leftovers, The Potpourri Of Artifacts That Had No Power To Save Men From Perishing.

A Man Could Get Used To Anything If He Had To.

Normalcy Was A Majority Concept, The Standard Of Many And Not The Standard Of Just One Man.