James Quincy Holden celebrates his fifth birthday with cocktails, a volume of Kipling and adult conversation, for his parents and their friend Paul Brennan are building a machine that can pour knowledge directly into the mind. When tragedy strikes, the boy holds an adult’s education inside a child’s body, and must hide and fend for himself against those who want the invention.
A thoughtful 1950s science fiction novel about learning, childhood and the ethics of accelerated minds. Download the free EPUB.