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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 5, whole 11, May-June 1943
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THE FANTASITE........17 THE IMMORTAL DUANE W. RIMEL May 3, 4056 A.D., San Francisco, State of Republica, United Nations of the World I, Ralph Carver, 417-A, of the Historical Society, present herewith a manuscript found last year in the ruins of Hampdon, a small cultural center of the pre-war period, located in the south-east corner of the once-famous state of Washington, United States of America. Many inquiries have come to the Foundation regarding the nebulous "immortality" experiment of Dr. Emanuel Rockchester, who died September 3, 1954. Historians will remember that seven spent their lives watching and caring for that Eighth Wonder, Mr. Charles Bonner. The last of the seven (all names were lost) or "Guardian of the Prodigy," must have perished during the bombing of the Northwest by the Asiatics in 2440. And now we have a message from the very mouth of the "experiment"! If we can believe it, this being survived the War...however, I am getting ahead of the story. All credit for the discovery must go to Dr. Horace Mueller, 5680A, my superior in the Society. I have merely revised the manuscript, which, due to the warped education of the writer and the antiquated knowledge of the Twenty-Fifth Century, was quite morbid and unintelligible. ********** Notes by Mr. Charles Bonner. Have you, my Ruler, ever doubted my undying Faith? Have you ever thought I would question your great wisdom? I hope you will forgive me...I feel that I must record certain impressions, for a strange fear has risen to smite me, and it leaves me no piece of mind. I cannot write to you; that is forbidden. You write and speak only to me. Your words are my law. I have lived at your command, and I shall do so always. When I entered the gymnasium after dinner, I saw a slip of paper on the floor. I picked it up, found that it was covered with printed words in English, resembling the lessons you teach me on the Screen of Knowledge. This was different, however. On that slip were words entirely new to me--words that have never flashed across the metal screen. Strange words...later I will write them. First, I wonder how that piece of paper (very inferior quality, too) ever found its way in here. Nothing like that ever happened before. It has troubled me exceedingly. I looked overhead and saw a long, inch-wide crack in the ceiling of the gymnasium. The paper must have fallen through it. [M?--illegible], was that break in the masonry caused by the terrible tremors which have shaken this place? Since my last Sleeping Period there have been two trembling shocks, as if the very Earth were going to shatter. What can it mean? I wish I could ask you; however, in due time you will tell me on the Screen of Knowledge. [Probably a television screen for educational purposes. R.C.] That slip of paper...I have it before me now, puzzling over the cryptic words. Evidently it is a corner torn from a larger sheet. "Aug. 20, 2440 ([AP?]) Honolulu, Hawaii--Last of the Asiatic Air Fleet
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THE FANTASITE........17 THE IMMORTAL DUANE W. RIMEL May 3, 4056 A.D., San Francisco, State of Republica, United Nations of the World I, Ralph Carver, 417-A, of the Historical Society, present herewith a manuscript found last year in the ruins of Hampdon, a small cultural center of the pre-war period, located in the south-east corner of the once-famous state of Washington, United States of America. Many inquiries have come to the Foundation regarding the nebulous "immortality" experiment of Dr. Emanuel Rockchester, who died September 3, 1954. Historians will remember that seven spent their lives watching and caring for that Eighth Wonder, Mr. Charles Bonner. The last of the seven (all names were lost) or "Guardian of the Prodigy," must have perished during the bombing of the Northwest by the Asiatics in 2440. And now we have a message from the very mouth of the "experiment"! If we can believe it, this being survived the War...however, I am getting ahead of the story. All credit for the discovery must go to Dr. Horace Mueller, 5680A, my superior in the Society. I have merely revised the manuscript, which, due to the warped education of the writer and the antiquated knowledge of the Twenty-Fifth Century, was quite morbid and unintelligible. ********** Notes by Mr. Charles Bonner. Have you, my Ruler, ever doubted my undying Faith? Have you ever thought I would question your great wisdom? I hope you will forgive me...I feel that I must record certain impressions, for a strange fear has risen to smite me, and it leaves me no piece of mind. I cannot write to you; that is forbidden. You write and speak only to me. Your words are my law. I have lived at your command, and I shall do so always. When I entered the gymnasium after dinner, I saw a slip of paper on the floor. I picked it up, found that it was covered with printed words in English, resembling the lessons you teach me on the Screen of Knowledge. This was different, however. On that slip were words entirely new to me--words that have never flashed across the metal screen. Strange words...later I will write them. First, I wonder how that piece of paper (very inferior quality, too) ever found its way in here. Nothing like that ever happened before. It has troubled me exceedingly. I looked overhead and saw a long, inch-wide crack in the ceiling of the gymnasium. The paper must have fallen through it. [M?--illegible], was that break in the masonry caused by the terrible tremors which have shaken this place? Since my last Sleeping Period there have been two trembling shocks, as if the very Earth were going to shatter. What can it mean? I wish I could ask you; however, in due time you will tell me on the Screen of Knowledge. [Probably a television screen for educational purposes. R.C.] That slip of paper...I have it before me now, puzzling over the cryptic words. Evidently it is a corner torn from a larger sheet. "Aug. 20, 2440 ([AP?]) Honolulu, Hawaii--Last of the Asiatic Air Fleet
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