[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Worlds of Tomorrow December 1963
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
The room was small, but it held a whole
universe--and Norcriss had no place in it!
I
"How much did they tell you about the fix we're in?" said Dr. Alan
Burgess to his visitor.
Lieutenant Jerry Norcriss shook his head. "They said you'd fill me in.
They said it was urgent."
Burgess paused, lighted a cigarette, then belatedly offered one to
Jerry, who declined. "Well," he said, interspersing his words with
short nervous puffs of smoke, "about a year ago, I stumbled on a
way to reverse the process of an electro-encephalograph, to play
pre-recorded thoughts and experiences to a man's mind. You zoologists,
with your Contact process for penetrating newly discovered fauna's
minds, will be familiar with the process. Luckily for us."