Emortality - 01 - The Cassandra Complex by Brian Stableford
Author:Brian Stableford
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780765342898
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2002-02-28T19:00:53+00:00
Lisa never had any confrontational dealings with apocalyptic cultists or hobbyist terrorists. She was occasionally called upon to sift through the debris of an explosion in search of complex organic material, but she never turned up any evidence that was crucial to a prosecution. No amateur biological weaponsâor, for that matter, amateur chemical weaponsâwere deployed in the vicinity of the Bristol cityplex while she was stationed there. She was co-opted to assist with the investigation of the London Underground incident of 2019 and the Eurostar incident of 2026, but her part in each operation was minor and she was not required to appear at either trial. For her, therefore, what the tabloids called âthe creeping chaosâ remained part of lifeâs background. It seemed ever-present on the TV news and in newspaper headlines, but it never became personal. It was a mere phenomenon, and as such, could be discussed in a perfectly dispassionate manner with everyone she knew.
TV researchers and tabloid reporters sometimes visited Mouseworld in search of a hook on which to hang their latest story, but they received no encouragement from any of the staff. Chan Kwai Keung would not repeat in their presence the kinds of argument that he was still, on occasion, prepared to lay before Lisa.
âOf course the world continues to mirror Mouseworld,â Chan told her in the aftermath of the Eurostar incident. âHow could it be otherwise? The cities continue to mock us by setting an example that is by no means good but is nevertheless measurably better than our own. The H Block continues to pile up its tangled record of failed experiments, obsolete stratagems, and forgotten secrets. Morganâs incessant declarations about the redundancy of the entire operation ring more true with every year that passesâand the same emotional sickness resonates in the hearts of millions of people. It is as ludicrous an oversimplification to group all the tiny explosions of wrath together as symptoms of stress disease as it is to regard them as facets of a mysterious chaos emanating from the depths of Hell. The violent effects may be depressingly similar, but the motive forces are much more various than anyone will allow.â
âFailed experiments, obsolete stratagems, and forgotten secrets?â Lisa echoed.
âPrecisely,â he said. âHow else can the majority of people see themselves nowadays? How else can they explain their unhappiness, their loneliness, their futility? Accelerating progress robs them of expertise and wisdom more rapidly than education can equip them, leaving them intellectually and imaginatively stranded from the moment they reach adulthood, castaways whose plight can only deteriorate. How can they help hating a world that treats them with such casual abandon? How can they bottle up their frustration indefinitely, when they can see only too clearly that there is no possibility of rescue or relief?â
âWho are the we that your they excludes, Chan?â Lisa wanted to know. âAre we the citizen mice, adapted to intolerable circumstances? How do we get by without going postal?â
âI wish I could say with greater certainty that we are,â Chan said dolefully.
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