Sinopsis

One of the beautiful things about a delusion is that no matter how mad
someone gets at it ... he can't do it any harm. Therefore a delusion can be a
fine thing for prodding angry belligerents....
some bad times, most of them back home on Excenus 23; the
worst was when Dad fell under the reaping machine but there was also the
one when I got lost twenty miles from home with a dud radio, at the age of
twelve; and the one when Uncle Charlie caught me practicing emergency
turns in a helicar round the main weather-maker; and the one on Figuerra
being chased by a cyber-crane; and the time when Dad decided to send me
to Earth to do my Education.
This time is bad in a different ...