\" This master file produces text suitable for a 5.25"x8" paperback. .ds CH \" turn off page numbering (top) .nr HM 1i \" header margin .nr FM 1i \" footer margin .nr LL 4.25i \" line length .pl 9i \" page length .po .87i \" page offset (from left) .nr PS 8 \" font point size \" .kern \" pairwise kerning (groff only) .hy 14 \" automatic hyphenation \" .nr VS 24 \" double space .fp 1 R GA \" URW Garamond .fp 2 I GI .fp 3 B GM .fp 4 BI GMI .fp 5 CW H \" Helvetica .\" The following is a short troff macro for creating drop caps. .\" Its first argument is the string to be dropped, .\" and its second (optional) argument is the number of lines to be .\" spanned (2, 3, 4, or 5; default=2). .\" .\" Written by Robert Marks, bobm@agsm.edu.au -- Version 1.2, Feb 14, 1988 .\" .de In \"DC macro -- indent revert, trap turned off 'in .wh \\n(v2u .. .de DC \"Drop Cap to the next line. .br .nr nL 2 . if "\\$2"3" .nr nL 3 . if "\\$2"4" .nr nL 4 . if "\\$2"5" .nr nL 5 .nr fS \\n(.s .nr pS (\\n(nL*\\n(.L*\\n(.v/10)+(35*\\n(fS*(3*\\n(nL-4)/200)+1 .ie \\n(pS>99 \{\ . tm The drop cap on line \\n(c. of file \\n(.F is too large -- . tm (\\n(pS > 99), ... so this drop cap has been abandoned. \\$1\c\} .el \{\ . ne \\n(nL \& . mk hH . nr v2 (\\n(nL*\\n(.L*\\n(.v)+\\n(hH . nr vV \\n(.L*(\\n(nL-2) . sp \\n(vV . ie \\n(pS>36 \{\s(\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS . nr hS \w'\s(\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS\\^'\} . el \{\s\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS . nr hS \w'\s\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS\\^'\} . in +\\n(hSu . sp |\\n(hHu . wh \\n(v2u In\} .. .LP \& .so 0000.ms \" no_memory .bp .so indicia.ms .bp .so 0002.ms \" no_memory .bp .LP \" blank page \& .bp .so 0100.ms \" the_town .bp .LP \" blank page \& .bp .ds CF [%] \" first numbered page (bottom) .so 0101.ms \" West Berlin, Indiana. 2049. .bp .so 0102.ms \" SL, protagonist. .bp .so 0103.ms \" SL's friend followed him around with a camera. .bp .so 0104.ms \" It would require some unspecified effort to find out just when he had arrived at the hotel. .bp .so 0105.ms \" Friends had been trying to convince him for years that he should come to West Berlin. .bp .so 0106.ms \" "Do you put on your data gloves before or after you piss in the morning?" .bp .so 0107.ms \" Contradictions of life in the hotel: .bp .so 0108.ms \" The lateral elevator was still stuck on sideways, so SL had to take the stairs up to his room. .bp .so 0109.ms \" Knowing himself, SL wandered the countryside. .bp .so 0110.ms \" The buildings were connected. .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .LP \" blank page \& .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .so 0200.ms \" the_city .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .LP \" blank page \& .bp .ds CF [%] \" resume page numbering .so 0201.ms \" Megatokyo, Indiana. 2049. .bp .so 0202.ms \" "If everybody\u2019s from Megatokyo then nobody's from Megatokyo." .bp .so 0203.ms \" Meguro, Indiana. 2179. .bp .so 0204.ms \" Aij's first day at the company was uneventful by any measure. .bp .so 0205.ms \" So there were at least two projects. .bp .so 0206.ms \" The RIVET RIVET program at OL-DET 9 quickly yielded results. .bp .so 0207.ms \" They came when he wasn't ready. .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .LP \" blank page \& .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .so 0300.ms \" the_green_children .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .LP \" blank page \& .bp .ds CF [%] \" resume page numbering .so 0301.ms \" Wake up. .bp .so 0302.ms \" They were like ants. .bp .so 0303.ms \" Peter considered life to be a waste of good resources. .bp .so 0304.ms \" Looking into his eyes one would first be confronted by the plastic strip, alternately flashing a series of targeted, third-party ads. .bp .so 0305.ms \" "Do you think this is blasphemous?" 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