The Kaleiodoscope Effect

by Ronald W. Hull


Note to the reader.  This is a work in progress.  Please feel free to read and print out any part.  I only ask that you email me your thoughts, good or bad, about its contents.  I'm as concerned about it being as historically and scientifically correct as I am about the story.  Please help me make it better. RWH


Don't judge this novel by its cover.

Chapter 1. Copper Age Hunter

The Alps: 3362 BC
Albere finds himself in danger on the mountain.

Chapter 2. A Promising Planet

Universal Explorer in Deep Space: 703 BC, Earth Time
Dom and the Collective find a planet that may fulfill their mission.

Chapter 3. First Contact

Universal Explorer in the Milky Way Galaxy: 1939 AD, Earth Time
Dom and the Collective discover that the planet has technological intelligence.

Chapter 4. Opposites Attract

Green Bank, West Virginia 1971
Albert comes to study radio astronomy and finds more.

Chapter 5. A Glimmer of Doubt

Arecibo, Puerto Rico August 1974
Albert begins to discover that much of life is meaningless.

Chapter 6. Turning Point

Washington, DC: Late December, 1976
Albert formulates a theory of intelligent contact.

Chapter 7. A Grim View

Universal Explorer in the Outer Milky Way Galaxy: 1985 AD, Earth Time
Dom and the Collective find the planet in grave danger.

Chapter 8. The Iceman

The Tyrolean Alps: September 1991
The frozen body of a Copper Age man is found near Innsbruck.

Chapter 9. The Genetic Connection

The Iron Range, Upper Michigan: July, 1998
Albert discovers he has a famous ancester.

Chapter 10. The Relief

Washington DC: A Mid Winter Night
Albert and the Earth's inhabitants are relieved by the Kaleidoscope Effect.

Chapter 11. Reformation

Earth: After the Relief
The Earth is reformed and Albert gets his wish.

Chapter 12. The Return

Universal Explorer: Leaving the Milky Way Galaxy
The Copper Age hunter returns.

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