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The original edition of Minds, Machines, & Evolution, published by Bantam Books in June, 1988, produced some enthusiastic responses, and readers were still tracking me down to ask how they could obtain a copy long after it had gone out of print. So, when, early in 1996, Jim Baen decided to put together a second, similar collection, Rockets, Redheads, & Revolution, we thought it would be a good idea to reissue the first also as a companion volume. | Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter http www.processtext.com abclit.html Mind Machines and Evolution James P. Hogan CONTENTS Preface to the Baen Books Edition.4 SILVER SHOES FOR A PRINCESS.5 INSIDE STORY.34 GETTING HERE FROM THERE.42 THE PACIFIST 52 MINDS MACHINES AND EVOLUTION.63 DISCOVERING HYPERSPACE.72 TILL DEATH US DO PART. 73 FORTUNE COOKIE.94 MORE ON REPLICATION. 97 CODE OF THE LIFEMAKER PROLOGUE.98 THE REVEALED WORD OF GOD.108 MAKING LIGHT113 HOW LONG SHOULD A PIECE OF STRING BE .122 ASSASSIN.123 GOING FULL-TIME. 149 NEANDER-TALE151 KNOW NUKES.156 ALL IN A NAME.169 DOWN TO EARTH. 170 MERRY GRAVMAS. 175 KNOWLEDGE IS A MIND-ALTERING DRUG. 178 Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter http www.processtext.com abclit.html EARTH MODELS ON A PLATE. 180 GENERATION GAP. 191 RULES WITHIN RULES.201 THE ABSOLUTELY FOOLPROOF ALIBI206 Postscript. 1996.237 Preface to the Baen Books Edition The original edition of Minds Machines Evolution published by Bantam Books in June 1988 produced some enthusiastic responses and readers were still tracking me down to ask how they could obtain a copy long after it had gone out of print. So when early in 1996 Jim Baen decided to put together a second similar collection Rockets Redheads Revolution we thought it would be a good idea to reissue the first also as a companion volume. Views and opinions that remained totally unchanged after eight years would be a sure sign of little or nothing much new having been learned in the meantime. All material however has been left as it appeared in the original. Where appropriate I have added an afterword to reflect any updates that would seem in order today. SILVER SHOES FOR A PRINCESS The girl had always been called Taya. She propped her elbows on the sill below the window and rested her chin in her hands while she stared out at the stars. Her eyes wide with a nine-year-old s wonder mirrored a million jewels spilling endlessly across carpets of glowing nebulas painted over black infinity by brushes .
