We have made great progress with the project today.  I’ve actually spent most of my time at the Pleasure Park, talking to the people who run it. It really is amazing these days. It is so convincing. All those things to do and it’s no bigger than an average meet building. They insisted that I tried some of the rides, including the new real space one. It uses all the old materials and it is mechanical. No cyber-workings. No patches to be worn. They were really proud of that. They should be, too. But it is thirty-sixth century in one way; it takes up three times the actual space it’s set in. They won’t say how they’ve done it. However, I wonder whether the Adulkis will be impressed. Most of their technology is mechanical.

In fact, I was a bit worried about w...

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