Once he dared, one afternoon, when he found her in the darkened living room with a blinding headache.

The light still remaining in the sky lit up her face, though the landscape was nearly dark.

She was invisible in the dusk of the room.

The world is our world, but set in a distant future where the sun has begun to cool and dim.

AM: How do you think your father would feel about all these scholars and students, all these people sitting around in a dark room all day discussing and debating his philosophies?