I've Spent A Lot Of My Life

The Human Species Really Could Have Faced Global Thermonuclear War. During Seventy Years Of Cold War We Grew Used To It.

In General, I Don't Know When Inspiration Will Pop Up.

I Never Got Good At Predicting What Millions Of People Will Suddenly Decide Is Rational.

There Were Timelines Branching And Branching, A Mega-universe Of Universes, Millions More Every Minute. Billions? Trillions? The Universe Split Every Time Someone Made A Decision. Split, So That Every Decision Ever Made Could Go Both Ways. Every Choice Made By Every Man, Woman, And Child Was Reversed In The Universe Next Door.

Spray A Book With Insect Spray, Drop It In A Bag, Add Some Mothballs And Seal It. Put It In Another Bag And Seal It. Another. The Packages Piled Up On The Floor, Each A Book Sealed In Four Plastic Envelopes.