H_O_M_O_ R_A_T_I_O_N_A_L_I_S_(SCIENCE FICTION)Chris MYRSKI, Sofia, Bulgaria ?1979 ... 2023— — — — —
— — — — — CONTENTS Foreword The recruit It sounds logical The discovery of professor Kolossov The stimulator of Peter MacGreeves The clover The marriage proposal Right of choice Homo Rationalis The tunnel The cannibals Biological partner The order The sixth day Homo Retarded Nights and days of a young robo-mother What else if not afterlife? Afterword — — — — — P A R T F I V E — excerpts!HOMO RATIONALIS The shining in his eyes light and the invigorating music filling the room forced HR-750929-315617, called in the recent time Burly, to get up from the bed, but he has nowhere to hurry. He stretched out slowly his hand, felt the button with two circles — the third from the left, yet why bother to count — on the console next to the bed and pressed it slightly. The music ceased and the bedroom again plunged into twilight for the next five minutes. He could loll some time more because yesterday was his working day, yet to be sure he cast a squinting sight to the date on the wall. But surely, treday, dugroup, achmon*, 123rd year. And he worked each duday. But there is nothing to do — the general abundance required its sacrifices. Earlier, 123 years back, when people have begun to count the era of Homo Rationalis, they have worked by three days in the weeks of that time. And in various old books was spoken about five-days working weeks. Five days out of seven, my God, what happiness, ah? And by whole 8 hours! And now he has right to work 3 hours, and this only after his 40th year, while earlier has worked 2 hours, and was again glad. After one and a half years he will be allowed to work by 4 hours in a day once in the sextet and he is dreaming about this already ten years or so. [ * The year is divided in 10 months (onmon, dumon, tremon, fourmon, fifmon, sixmon, sevmon, achmon, ninemon, and tenmon), each of which has 36 days, which in their turn divide in six groups (ongroup, dugroup, tregroup, fourgroup, fifgroup, and sixgroup) of six days (onday, duday, treday, fourday, fifday, and sixday). The remaining 5, or 6, days in the year build additional group, exgroup, which prolongs the tenmon. The date can be given as day and month or day-group-month, e.g.: 9.8 = 9 achmon = 3.2.8 = treday-dugroup-achmon. ] In this regard the laws were severe: work for the benefit of the society was allowed only after reaching of 25 years and up to age of 75. The hours varied between 2 and 4 in a day (till one hour could work everybody, regardless of the age), but this counted in a group, i.e. in six days. And this means to work sixty days in the year, beginning with 2 hours and reaching to four after 50 years of age. Very rare, for special merits was allowed to work also by five hours in the group, yet in two days. And exceptions for more than two days happened once in a thousand of people, or even less. But these were the chosen intellects, not the ordinary citizens like him. And there the very hours were different, it seems. ... Ah, that darned buzzer! Why not to lie for five more minutes? — said Burly to himself, and pressed again the button for postponement of awakening. — So where was he? Ah, about the hours. They as if were twenty, or something of the kind. Nope, as if were 22, because the people honoured some 12 saints and this twice daily, in the day and in the night, so that this must give 22. Well, I will check on the computer. Or maybe will ask my boy, in this way I will find exactly about what to ask him, in order to test his knowledge. Not that this is necessary, but he is, still, my son, so that a little attention will not harm. Bilby is good and clever boy, only that they talk to each other quite rarely. But about what exactly to converse with him? If he wants to learn something he asks the IS, the Information System, and the question is solved. If the boy needs something then the IS will give it to him also without his intervention, and if it will not give to him this, what he wants — well, then this thing should not be given to him! Exercises for the brain, exercises for the body — after all, this is why he sits 2 hours daily in the learning room, and at least an hour in the sports one. And receives also awards, if deserves them. What more can a parent give to his child, what the IS and various robots can not give him? Maybe I have to check whether I can do something for him, because the boy will soon be 14 years old and must be prepared for the mating period. ... Ah, obviously I will have to get up from the bed, decided Burly, because now I can't stop this damned alarm clock, unless I tell it first how much is, either 12 square, or 7 by 8, or something of the kind, and it is clear that I can't tell this before I calculate it first. And in order to calculate I must fist wake up and start pushing buttons, right? Clever have thought this the people, one can say nothing against. So that: now quickly, one, two, three, for a dull day ready thee. ... Aug 2000 — — — — — < /td> |
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