"It did sound appealing. Conciousness or not, to be alive, always, somewhere. And what about dreams? That's got to figure in- but what I wanted, really, was every option, simultaneously. Not in some parallel and irrelevant universe, but here. I wanted to stop and work at the field hospital and fall in love with the local beauty, but also be home in a week so I could do so many other things, fifty life-directions all seemed equally appealing and possible!" -Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity!