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Chapter 29

           TheystoppedinPaloAltolongenoughforMiketotry(andfailto)swallowalltheHooverLibraryinmammothgulps.Thetaskwasmechanicallyimpossible;thescannerscouldnotspinthatfast,norcouldMiketurnpagesofboundbooksfastenoughtoreadthemall.Hegaveupandadmittedthathewastakinginrawdatamuchfasterthanhecouldgrokit,evenbyspendingallhoursthelibrarywasclosedinsolitarycontemplation.WithreliefJillmovedthemtoSanFranciscoandheembarkedonamoresystematicsearch.

           Shecamebacktotheirflatonedaytofindhimsitting,notintrancebutdoingnothing,andsurroundedbybooksmanybooks:TheTalmud,theKamaSutra,Biblesinvariousversions,theBookoftheDead,theBookofMormon,Patty’spreciouscopyoftheNewRevelation,Apocryphaofvarioussorts,theKoran,theunabridgedGoldenBough,TheWay,ScienceandHealthwithKeytotheScriptures,thesacredwritingsofadozenotherreligionsmajorandminorevensuchdeviantodditiesasCrowley’sBookoftheLaw.

           "Trouble,dear?"

           "Jill,Idon’tgrok."Hewavedhishandatthebooks.("Waiting,MichaelWaitingforfullnessis-")

           "Idon’tthinkwaitingwilleverfillit.Oh,Iknowwhat’swrong;I’mnotreallyaman,I’maMartianaMartianinabodyofthewrongshape."

           "You’replentyofmanforme,dearandIlovethewayyourbodyisshaped."

           "Oh,yougrokwhatI’mtalkingabout.Idon’tgrokpeople.Idon’tunderstandthismultiplicityofreligions.

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