Temporary Assignments B.C.

The incredible technological advances in the past several decades are truly astonishing. Inventive geniuses have challenged time space and life itself. What was once considered a Buck Rogers fantasy is now almost commonplace. Just as the future is looming nearer and nearer the past is receding farther and farther away.However some things remain ever fixed. Communication linking the past with the present and the future is the surest guide in the study of human activity.Temporary Assignments B.C. contains Emily McCormack''s twenty-six short stories about the business world of the recent past. The book contains tales of murder hypocrisy loss hatred suffering and misunderstanding. But these human sins and failings are counterbalanced by stories of joy understanding hope reformation peace and love.McCormack ends her book with the question ''Isn''t life itself a temporary assignment?''*before computer