The unincorporated man by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin

Author:Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin [Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SF
ISBN: 9780765318992
Published: 2009-03-31T07:00:00+00:00

Justin didn’t make the same mistake he’d made in the first fantasy. Which is to say, he didn’t repeat the words “But what if I don’t want to.” He needn’t have bothered. The VR machine was calibrated to know when the subject was ready to move on. The only way the fantasy was going to change was when Justin truly wanted it to change. And the second that feeling—not thought—occurred, the fantasy would end. So even though he thought he should try a different fantasy, his feelings told the machine he didn’t want to. For days he ate, slept, shit, screwed, fought, and had fun like he did in real life, only here he was doing it in the Wild West. Finally the day arrived when his thoughts of moving on matched his feelings. His vision dimmed, his extremities tingled, and he was soon back in front of the spinning, shimmering crystals.

The next crystal that he chose took him to a subtly different program. It faded in like all the others. But this time, Justin realized he was not in control. He saw and felt all the things that the person whose body he was now occupying saw and felt, but he couldn’t control the scenario. Even more to his surprise, he couldn’t leave it—couldn’t even think it away. Justin saw that he was a good-looking man, because the man he was “being” was shaving in a mirror. He was thin and seemed to be in good enough shape. After getting dressed in an executive suit, Justin was amused to see that the man’s name was Preston Sinclair and that he worked for, of all companies, Cord Industries. With a deep shock Justin realized that he knew this man. In fact, he’d hired Preston straight out of college about four years before he’d had himself frozen and buried. As Justin recalled, Preston had been a damned knowledgeable kid who did his job well. From looking in the mirror, Justin figured this Preston to be about forty. What followed was the simple day of a man who was a good quality-control manager of a cutting-edge software-development team. Justin recognized the type: competent, loyal, and willing to work hard, but at the end of the day, more committed to family than career. He was proven correct when he/Preston returned home from work and was immediately pounced upon by two small children—a boy about eleven and a girl around six. His wife was a fun, lively, and flirtatious woman with curly red hair and a smile that could warm an Eskimo. Justin was aware that, while she may not have been a “looker,” seeing her at home surrounded by her family made her beautiful nonetheless. So much so that he was finally beginning to understand why this man, or any man for that matter, would put his family first. It was only after a moment that Justin realized his/Preston’s wife was noticeably pregnant.

Justin had started this crystal upset that he was not exploring Atlantis, or building a pyramid.

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