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Cicero · 03-13-2010, 08:19 PM

I just got done quoting it for a paper.

Because I'm crazy.

I read it again, in its entirety about a year ago.

I love the book, and it is definitely more eerie if you read it now.

My first line of "2044"?

"She's not a geniiiuuus she's got psychic abilities on her!", and she sits back listening, letting the thought police read her intentional, trivial thoughts.

"We should do a science fair proj-ect on her!!" "She's got two different personalities on her!" "She needs to go to the mental hos-pit-al!" The hysterical screaming of the men seem close, but she knows they are at a distance. "Crazy ho-wer!!"

That's more than a line- and it's not really in the beginning. The beginning goes like this:

"She needs a reality check on her!" Man four is screaming hysterically. They've hacked in to all of her accounts and now- her mind. She isn't supposed to hear them and she isn't supposed to know. She sits back, mulling over the unexpected new technologies; wondering how many people will be effected by this new invention so far kept in secret, but used liberally against the unsuspecting masses. And she knows she's torn. The only way to protect those she loves, is to separate herself from them: thereby giving the men extracting thought data, attempting to seed the unconscious mind, the advantage. So far her brain has been able to reject the information from the seeding project, but she knows it won't be long before she will be reprogrammed. She knows there is only so much the conscious and unconscious mind will reject. Her dialogue with the men has already sealed her fate as a thought criminal. She begins to reflect on the possible strategy for the future victims: pretend you don't hear and pretend you don't know.

I can be terrible at writing sometimes, but you get the idea...

I'll work on it.

03-13-2010, 08:19 PM	#2
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I just got done quoting it for a paper. Because I'm crazy. I read it again, in its entirety about a year ago. I love the book, and it is definitely more eerie if you read it now. My first line of "2044"? "She's not a geniiiuuus she's got psychic abilities on her!", and she sits back listening, letting the thought police read her intentional, trivial thoughts. "We should do a science fair proj-ect on her!!" "She's got two different personalities on her!" "She needs to go to the mental hos-pit-al!" The hysterical screaming of the men seem close, but she knows they are at a distance. "Crazy ho-wer!!" That's more than a line- and it's not really in the beginning. The beginning goes like this: "She needs a reality check on her!" Man four is screaming hysterically. They've hacked in to all of her accounts and now- her mind. She isn't supposed to hear them and she isn't supposed to know. She sits back, mulling over the unexpected new technologies; wondering how many people will be effected by this new invention so far kept in secret, but used liberally against the unsuspecting masses. And she knows she's torn. The only way to protect those she loves, is to separate herself from them: thereby giving the men extracting thought data, attempting to seed the unconscious mind, the advantage. So far her brain has been able to reject the information from the seeding project, but she knows it won't be long before she will be reprogrammed. She knows there is only so much the conscious and unconscious mind will reject. Her dialogue with the men has already sealed her fate as a thought criminal. She begins to reflect on the possible strategy for the future victims: pretend you don't hear and pretend you don't know. I can be terrible at writing sometimes, but you get the idea... I'll work on it. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 03-13-2010 at 08:53 PM.