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"How'd you get all this stuff? In dreams?" Chalmers shook his head. "It just came to me. I'd be sitting reading, or eating dinner, or talking to one of my classes, and the first thing I'd know, something out of the future would come bubbling up in me. HOW'D YOU GET ALL THIS TOUGH IN DREAMS CHALMERS SHOOK HIS HEAD IT JUST CAME TO ME I'D BE SITTING READING OR EATING DINNER OR TALKING TO ONE OF MY CLASSES AND THE FIRST THING I'D KNOW SOMETHING OUT OF THE FUTURE WOULD COME BUBBLING UP IN ME
 world, abolition of all national states under a single world sovereignty, colonies on Mars and Venus, that sort of thing. Some of these ideas didn't seem quite logical; a number of them were complete reversals of present trends, and a lot seemed to depend on arbitrary and unpredictable factors. Mind, this was before the first rocket landed on the Moon, when the whole moon-rocket and lunar-base project was a triple-top secret. But I knew, in the spring of 1970, that the first unmanned rocket would be called the _Kilroy_, and that it would be launched some time in 1971. You remember, when the news was released, it was stated that the rocket hadn't been christened until the day before it was launched, when somebody remembered that old 'Kilroy-was-here' thing from the Second World War. Well, I knew about it over a year in advance." Weill had been listening in silence. He had a naturally skeptical face; his present expression mightn't really mean that he didn't believe what he was hearing. IFIED WORLD ABOLITION OF ALL NATIONAL STATES UNDER A SINGLE WORLD SOVEREIGNTY COLONIES ON MARS AND VENUS THAT SORT OF THING SOME OF THESE IDEAS DIDN'T SEEM QUITE LOGICAL A NUMBER OF THEM WERE COMPLETE REVERSALS OF PRESENT FRIENDS AND A LOT SEEMED TO DEPEND ON ARBITRARY AND UNPREDICTABLE FACTORS MIND THIS WAS BEFORE THE FIRST ROCKET LANDED ON THE MOON WHEN THE WHOLE MOON ROCKET AND LUNAR BASE PROJECT WAS A TRIPLE TOPSECRET BUT I KNEW IN THE SPRING OF NINETEEN SEVENTY THAT THE FIRST UNMANNED ROCKET WOULD BE CALLED THE KILROY THAT IT WOULD BE LAUNCHED SOME TIME IN NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE NEWS WAS RELEASED IT WAS STATED THAT THE ROCKET HADN'T BEEN CHRISTENED UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE IT WAS LAUNCHED WHEN SOMEBODY REMEMBERED THAT OLD KILROY WAS HERE THING FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR WELL I KNEW ABOUT IT OVER A YEAR IN ADVANCE VILE HAD BEEN LISTENING IN SILENCE HE HAD A NATURALLY SCEPTICAL FACE HIS PRESENT EXPRESSION MIGHTN'T REALLY MEAN THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE WAS HEARING
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