'Crash Origin'

Stanley Lieber returns with a 48-page addendum to his last novel, 1OCT1993. Excerpt: My son is never prepared for anything. This is intersubjectively testable. Try surprising him. You'll find him unprepared. Example: Send a number of military jets crashing into the ground. You'll find he can think of no response. Piotr is always pulling clean-up duty. This has been the steady pattern, played out over two decades. The boy has now turned thirty. The peak of his operational powers. Still, he does nothing. Sits there and trades one-liners with his partner. No return on investment. My reports frequently exaggerate his exploits. After all, this all comes out of my budget.