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    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State
    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State
    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State
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    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State

    By Pat Murphy

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    Traveling across the Martian polar cap, the second TransPolar Expedition is tracing the shape of the hidden lands beneath the ice and snow. Sita, the expedition’s cartographer, has a talent for interpreting the shades and squiggles that the computer produces from satellite photos and sonic recordings. She takes ambiguous data and makes a clear and precise map of lands no one has ever seen.

    But Sita knows that maps are black-and-white portraits of a world that exists in shades of gray and, like cartographers before her, she knows that dragons lurk beyond the edges of every map. At night, in the darkness of her dreams, she believes in the yeti, the messengers from the secret lands, the dark-eyed dream beasts that haunt the crevasses and move as softly as the blowing snow.

    The world is not all that it seems on the surface. Beneath the polar ice lies danger and discovery.

    A novelette.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUntreed Reads
    Release dateJul 18, 2012
    ISBN9781611873917
    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State
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    Pat Murphy

    Eugene R. "Pat" Murphy is the executive director of The Community Solution. He co-wrote and co-produced the award-winning documentary The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, has initiated four major Peak Oil conferences and has given numerous presentations and workshops on the subject. He has extensive construction experience and developed low energy buildings during the nation's first oil crisis.

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      What could be better than a short story about Mars? I am not sure! This story is about a Martian expedition that is sent to map the hidden surface of Mars; Mars' surface is trapped under layers of ice and dust. The story is about the voyage into the unknown; to reveal what is in the so-called empty/barren places. What is really at the edge of the world? Are there dragons?Sita, the cartographer in question, loves to draw maps to bring the hidden contours of the land out. She helps on the expedition by mapping out safe routes so their vehicles do not fall into treacherous ice caverns as the previous one had. One of the other things about Sita is that she 'sees' Yetis in the shadows. Yetis that beckon her to follow.What I loved about this story is the blend of science and fantastical elements. Are the Yetis real or is Sita losing her mind? What is so cool about reading a new story is you are never sure where it will lead and this author keeps you guessing!

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    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State - Pat Murphy

    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State

    By Pat Murphy

    Copyright 2012 by Pat Murphy

    Cover Copyright 2012 by Ginny Glass and Untreed Reads Publishing

    The author is hereby established as the sole holder of the copyright. Either the publisher (Untreed Reads) or author may enforce copyrights to the fullest extent.

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold, reproduced or transmitted by any means in any form or given away to other people without specific permission from the author and/or publisher. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental.

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    A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State

    Pat Murphy

    I have a snapshot. One of the researchers at Endurance Station took it. It shows the four women of the second Trans-Polar Expedition, standing beside a SnoCat. Over our head, Tibetan prayer flags fly from the SnoCat’s cab, their colors brilliant against the salmon-colored Martian sky.

    Four women wearing bulky parkas over our Lycra compression suits: Nan, Yukiko, Maria, and me. I stand at the end of the line of women—half a step away from the others. Nan, Yukiko, and Maria are smiling. My expression is hidden by the glare of sunlight on the faceplate of my helmet.

    We wave and pose. Historic photos of the first expedition across the Martian polar ice. Photos for our children. For our grandchildren. Photos for the time when we are history. Frozen smiles, with the frozen wastes behind us.

    * * *

    My name is Sita. I’m a cartographer with a talent for interpreting the shades and squiggles that the computer produces from satellite photos and sonic recordings. I take ambiguous data and produce a map, drawing hard boundaries where suggestions of lines once existed, interpreting one set of smudges as meaningless noise and another as irregularities in the landscape.

    The map, as everyone knows, is not the territory. A map is a representation, subject to the misinterpretations and confusions of the

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