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E55-56, IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO A GR
EEN GLASS SKYSCRAPER. A SIGN ABOVE THE E
NTRANCE SAYS GLASS WORLD. ON THE SIDEWAL
K NEAR YOU IS A PHONE BOOTH..THIS IS GLA
SS WORLD..YOU PUSH THROUGH THE REVOLVING
DOORS AND ENTER A LARGE, HIGH-CEILINGED
, WELL-LIT SPACE. THE NORTH AND EAST WAL
LS ARE LINED WITH SHELVES AND CABINETS S
HOWING AN EXHIBIT OF ARTISTIC GLASSWORK
BOTH ANTIQUE AND CONTEMPORARY. THE CENTR
AL AREA IS FENCED OFF; INSIDE THE FENCE
A MODERN WORKSHOP HAS BEEN SET UP, AND A
N ARTISAN IS AT WORK IN IT. TO THE SOUTH
, A HUGE GLASS CRYSTAL STANDS ON THE FLO
OR; YOU SEE A WOMAN WEARING A PAIR OF TH
ICK-LENSED GLASSES EMERGE FROM AN OPENIN
G IN THE CRYSTAL AND WALK AWAY..YOU TRY
TO PUSH THROUGH THE REVOLVING DOORS, BUT
THEY'RE LOCKED. YOU SEE A SIGN ON THE B
UILDING, NEXT TO THE DOORS: OPEN 9 AM TO
8 PM.THE EXHIBIT INCLUDES ITEMS OF DIVE
RSE KINDS--SCULPTURES, PAPER WEIGHTS, CU
PS AND BOWLS--ALL BEAUTIFULLY MADE AND L
IMPIDLY GORGEOUS. ONE SCULPTURE IN PARTI
CULAR CATCHES YOUR EYE: AN INTRICATELY C
ARVED GLASS BLOCK SHOWING A WOMAN DRESSE
D IN A FLOWING WHITE ROBE ENTERING THE B
IG LIBRARY AT 42ND STREET..THE IMMENSE C
RYSTAL TOWERS OVER YOU. NEXT TO THE CRYS
TAL YOU SEE A SIGN: "CRYSTART--A NEW ART
ISTIC TECHNOLOGY. EXPERIENCE THE OTHER-W
ORLDLINESS OF CRYSTART'S INTERIOR SPACE-
-WHERE THREE DIMENSIONS SEEM LIKE FOUR!
ENTER AND TURN LEFT--THEN EXIT, IF YOU C
AN!".YOU ENTER THE CRYSTAL AND TURN LEFT
. YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY A JUMBLE OF REFR
ACTED IMAGES OF YOURSELF AND THE EDGES O
F THE CRYSTAL. AS YOU TAKE ANOTHER STEP,
THE CRYSTAL SEEMS TO MUSHROOM UNTIL YOU
APPEAR TO BE STANDING ON THE INNER SURF
ACE OF A GIANT GLASS SPHERE. YOU TURN AR
OUND. THE CORRIDOR HAS VANISHED, AND YOU
ARE IMMERSED IN A MYRIAD OF MEANINGLESS
CRACKED REFRACTIONS..YOU LEAVE THE BUIL
DING..THE ARTISAN IS POURING MOLTEN GLAS
S INTO AN ORIFICE OF A COMPLEX MACHINE.
HE SETS THE CONTROLS ON THE MACHINE, AND
AFTER A MOMENT THE MACHINE EXPELS TWO P
ERFECTLY FORMED LENSES. THE ARTISAN PUTS
THE LENSES INTO A BRASS TUBE--HE HAS MA
DE A SPYGLASS! HE PUTS THE SPYGLASS IN A
GROUP OF PREVIOUSLY MADE SPYGLASSES. A
SIGN NEXT TO THE SPYGLASSES READS: "SOUV
ENIRS OF GLASS WORLD. $25. CASH ONLY.".Y
OU GIVE THE ARTISAN $25 AND TAKE ONE OF
THE SPYGLASSES..YOU COUNT YOUR MONEY. NO
T ENOUGH!.YOU TREK THROUGH CRYSTART'S IN
TERIOR, MESMERIZED BY THE SHIFTING PLANE
S OF REALITY..A LITTLE ROBOT SEEMS TO AP
PEAR OUT OF NOWHERE. IT GLIDES UP TO YOU
AND SAYS, "HAVING TROUBLE NAVIGATING? T
RY THESE." IT HOLDS OUT A PAIR OF THICK-
LENSED GLASSES. THE ROBOT WAITS EXPECTAN
TLY..A LITTLE ROBOT SEEMS TO APPEAR OUT
OF NOWHERE, IT WAITS EXPECTANTLY..YOU WA
IT, FLOATING IN A SEA OF BROKEN IMAGES..
YOU PUT THE GLASSES ON. YOU CAN SEE THAT
YOU ARE IN A GLASS-WALLED CORRIDOR THAT
CURVES TOWARD A NEARBY EXIT..THE ROBOT
EMITS A FAINT CLICKING SOUND..YOU TAKE O
UT THE AMBER LIGHTER AND PUT YOUR FINGER
IN THE DEPRESSION. A YELLOW FLAME SHOOT
S OUT THE OTHER END. THE ROBOT EMITS A F
AINT CLICKING NOISE WHILE THE FLAME IS B
URNING. THE ROBOT SAYS, "WEAR THE GLASSE
S IN THE WALLS PARLOR.".YOU TREK THROUGH
CRYSTART'S INTERIOR, MESMERIZED BY THE
SHIFTING PLANES OF REALITY..THE ROBOT SA
YS, "PLEASE TAKE THESE GLASSES.".YOU EXI
T THE WEIRD CRYSTAL..AS YOU STEP OUT OF
THE CRYSTAL YOU REMOVE THE GLASSES AND P
UT THEM INTO YOUR POCKET..THE WOMAN HAS
ALREADY LEFT THE BUILDING..YOU ARE ALREA
DY WEARING THEM..THE CRYSTAL IS A HUGE G
LASS SPHERE FILLED BY A SEA OF BROKEN IM
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