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Subject: RE: Group mind
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 17:21:36 EST
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From: Joel B. Levin <levin@BBNCCT.ARPA>

I remember a story (but not its author or title) about a 'micro'-group
mind--a few individuals linked together, as opposed to a species-wide or
planet-wide group mind--in some collection I know I own but which is
buried in one of several boxes.  I am missing two digest issues (63 and
64), but otherwise I have not seen it mentioned.

The narrator is the personnel director of a large Hughes-like Defense
contractor.  He has an interest in psi abilities (without possessing any
himself) which gets him in trouble with his boss, and he is always being
pestered by a Col. Flagg type security officer.  This story is not the
first in the line: I read another a long time ago, and this story has
references to events probably contained in earlier stories.  A group of
five college grads come to see him; they are individuals but are linked
together and think of themselves as "George".  The narrator thinks they
are using a gimmick to attract his attention (finishing each others'
sentences seamlessly), but he hires them into different departments of
his company.  The company gets in trouble with DOD because "George"
expedites interdepartmental interactions and jobs start getting done
(gasp!) on time, and DOD wants to know why.

I would be interested to know the extent of this series and if it exists
in a single collection.

	/JBL