THE GOOGLEPLEX COMES AND GOES by Del Stone Jr.

What is the Googleplex? Where did the Googleplex come from? These are the questions that take the reader through the story.

This story reads kind of like the Parable of the Blind Men, except that the Elephant is an indescribable object. This object appeared one day in a small town. It crushed a few buildings and killed a few people in the process of appearing. Everyone has an opinion and an idea of how to answer those two questions of What and Where.

The narrator is a woman that has had a unique experience a part of the Googleplex. This experience has left her jaded and more than a little bitter. When she thinks of the Googleplex, she is disappointed and angry at those with theories. She calls them liars. No one really knows what the Googleplex was or where it came from.

However, if anyone would know the answers, it would be her lover. Her lover is frozen. See, she just had to touch a small fragment of the Googleplex that was left behind as it vanished. Just as she touched it with her hand, he grabbed her wrist. It took him.

This is a strange story. I like it. It is full of wonder and pondering. The cranky narrator makes the story.

Stone, Del Jr. “The Googleplex Comes and Goes.” Full Spectrum 4. Ed Lou Aronica, Amy Stout, and Betsy Mitchell. New York: Bantam, 1993. p 99 - 111

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