But the future is uncertain, and he can't get up enough enthusiasm even to masurbate.

My romantic history since arriving on Novo has been non-existent, but I don't know what, if anything, came before; thanks to the government's cerebral pilfering.

Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.

I wanted to punch him and understand him at the same time.

It seems like I have lived a lifetime in just one day.

Civilization on Earth planet was equated with selfishness and greed; those people who lived in a civilized state exploited those who did not. There were shortages of vital commodities on Earth planet, and the people in the civilized nations were able to monopolize those commodities by reason of their greater economic strength. This imbalance appeared to be at the root of thedisputes.