Lecture

Brian Johnston

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As Dr Daniel Brown prepares to present the first of his three lectures, he reflects upon how his life has been forever changed by the events leading up to this presentation. However, he does not yet know that his life, and indeed the whole world, is about to be changed forever. While presenting long-overdue answers to age-old questions, the ultimate crime is suddenly discovered during an adventure which shocks the audience to the core. The ensuing punishment is relentless...

Sujets

• Science fiction

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• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
• Date de parution: 04 janvier 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781398429659
• Langue: English

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The Lecture
Brian Johnston
Austin Macauley Publishers
2022-01-04
The Lecture About the Author Dedication Copyright Information © Acknowledgement Foreword Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five: Earth Crew Report Chapter Six: Alien Crew Report Chapter Seven Chapter Eight
About the Author
Brian Johnston was born on the 10 th of March, 1956. He is a university graduate and has worked in various fields. Brian is a skilful man and lives in Scotland with his girlfriend, Nanda. He has three sons, and four grandchildren. Brian is a family man, who is also predominantly a people person with a wide and varied circle of friends and work colleagues. Brian enjoys working, then taking holidays in the sun, and experiencing different cultures throughout the world.
Dedication
To my grandchildren, I have seen many technological advances in my lifetime, I can only imagine what you will see in yours.
A dedication to you, the reader, without you, this book would only be a bundle of words. It is imagination that makes any book come to life, use yours while you read this book. I hope you enjoy.
Copyright Information ©
Brian Johnston 2022
The right of Brian Johnston to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.
Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
ISBN 9781398429635 (Paperback)
ISBN 9781398429642 (Hardback)
ISBN 9781398429659 (ePub e-book)
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Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Nanda, for her patience and support.
Bill and Suzannah, for their hospitality.
Ian, for his confidence in me and for all the support.
Barry, for all the work he has done over the years.
Austin Macauley Publishers for their acceptance and to their graphics department for the fine work they have done.
Foreword
Welcome to The Lecture , because in effect it is what you are now going to do: join an audience within a lecture. Or if you like an investigation, imagine for a moment that you are one of the greatest minds on this planet, you may well be one for all that. Imagine that you are standing outside the auditorium at the bottom of the 12 steps leading up to the main doors, looking at the large Roman columns that stand under the roof in the front of the building. Okay, if you now have that picture in your mind we can begin. What we have done is to wrap this objective investigation into a rather interesting story. It should make it more enjoyable rather than just stating examples of logistical studies and historical events. So, if you can imagine that you are now a member of an elite audience about to enter an auditorium, enjoy.
Chapter One
The sky was beautiful and clear blue, not a cloud could be seen as Dan looked out of his bedroom window. His wife, Lisa, went downstairs and began to prepare breakfast while Dan got into the shower. He was thinking of his 36 th birthday party, which he had a couple of weeks before it was mainly held within their large garden, and he remembered what a great night it was and how all their friends had enjoyed themselves. “Breakfast’s ready, honey,” Dan heard Lisa shout. He made his way downstairs to the kitchen diner. Their two children were still asleep as it was the school summer holidays and they wouldn’t get out of bed until a bit later. Dan ate his breakfast, Lisa said have a great day honey as he gave her a big kiss and made his way to his new Mercedes which was parked in their driveway. Dan pressed a button on his door handle, his front window in the car went down.
“Bye, all,” he shouted as he pulled out of the driveway. Dan proceeded to drive the 25 miles to his destination, the traffic was quite busy at that time of day, but Dan enjoyed the drive and put the radio on in the car to hear today’s news. The journey took around 35 minutes, there was a reserved parking bay for Dan when he arrived at his destination. Dan got out of his car, he looked around for a few seconds as he had never been there before, as he thought how beautiful the grounds were surrounding the buildings. He made his way to the main building.
As Dr Daniel Brown entered the auditorium at three minutes to nine on a sunny summer’s morning in Washington. He was unsure how his ensuing lecture would be received by his peers. He walked through the large double doors into the auditorium, which was already nearly full to capacity, with only a few people still moving around and trying to find their seats. Smartly dressed in a three-piece suit he stopped for a moment at the side of the massive hall, his presenter tucked neatly under his arm; he looked around the auditorium, recognising several faces in the audience but giving and receiving no acknowledgement to any of them. After a few moments Dr Brown turned and began to make his way toward the large stage, which was situated at the front of the hall. There were eight steps up to the stage, not visible from any of the seats facing the stage. He proceeded to make his way up the steps very carefully and steadily. As he took the last step onto the main stage the lights in the auditorium dimmed and the stage was illuminated. He paused for a moment again and looked around the audience, this time looking down on them from the raised stage. He made his way to the centre of the stage, opened his presenter and laid out the pages on the podium which was stood there. He took the last few minutes to gather his thoughts before he began.
“Good morning, everyone,” Dan began. “And thank you for coming.” The following is not intended in any way to offend, criticise or change any pre-existing religious, spiritual or factual beliefs; it is merely an objective analysis of what we have been subjects to and surrounded by for millions of years. I will also present to you something very new, which we have never been privy to ever before. First, let me say this is not going to be a long drawn-out affair as realistically we sit in our schools and colleges for six hours a day, sometimes longer, when realistically as human beings our actual attention span is around 20 minutes at any one time. Whilst our minds have a fantastic capability for learning, we can realistically only absorb information for small periods at a time, so I will endeavour to keep this simple, I will of course answer any questions at the end of the lecture, so let’s begin.
Life evolution how we got to be where we are now and inevitably what will happen to us in the future. Many of you will hear this lecture and say it’s not possible or it’s not true. You may dismiss some or all of what I tell you as pure conjecture and supposition but one thing I can assure you is that you will not be able to disprove anything I say. As human beings we are excellent at conjecture and supposition, anything which we do not fully understand or cannot explain we will inevitably derive a plausible explanation for the subject in question, whether it is true or not, so long as it is plausible and logical most people will believe what they are informed.
The fact that you are hearing these words means many more things than you realise. When we are born, we are in effect a blank slate with no prior knowledge or so we think as we consider the world around us. We do, however, have a very important instinct; we know if we fall back, we have a startle reflex, a technique which paediatricians employ when examining babies. To add to that and as we grow to adulthood, if we fall forward we will inevitably put our arms and hands out in front of us to protect our face and head from the ensuing contact.
As you all know the nature, nurture argument has been going on for years, are we mostly natural beings or are we merely nurtured. We are all born with one very important survival instinct, so you may well ask where does this come from. If we eliminate every other possibility for the explanation of this instinct, the term then rather explains itself, it is built in. The survival instinct is either encoded within our DNA and our mind accesses it when necessary or the more likely explanation is that it is part of genetic memory which we have inherited from our parents and predecessors.
This is also prevalent within the animal world when say a foal is born or a calf or many four-legged animals, they are inevitably on their feet within minutes of leaving the womb. Whichever reason is the cause, the effect is that we do possess a built-in survival instinct as do most animals.
At this point there was a small resounding ‘hmm’ around the auditorium.
Whilst our natural qualities are limited to a survival instinct when we are born, our nurtured qualities are what inevitably shape our personalities and who we are to become as individuals in the future. A prime example being this lecture, in short, you are able to hear and understand this because you have been taught this language and how to listen to the words and evaluate them into coherent meaning in your mind, exactly what the narrator is conveying to you. For example, if I were talking to you in any foreign language that you had not been taught before, you would not be able to unde