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Chapter List (34) Free
- 1: general info
- 2: writing about history
- 3: Revised Preamble
- 4: overture
- 5: Polyphony I
- 6: Variations on a Theme I State Affairs
- 7: Variations on a Theme II The Story of a Man Who Never Failed Because He Was Too Lazy
- 8: Theme Variations III Family Issues
- 9: Polyphony II
- 10: Theme Variations IV Love
- 11: Polyphony III
- 12: Theme Variation V Voice in the Dark
- 13: Theme Variations VI — A Tale of Twins Who Are Not Twins
- 14: Variations on a Theme VII From Valhalla to Landover
- 15: Variations on a Theme VIII Landover
- 16: Theme Variation IX Dialogue Before Dawn
- 17: Theme Variations X Possibilities
- 18: Intermission Excerpt from Lazarus Long's Notebook
- 19: Theme Variation XI The Story of the Adopted Daughter
- 20: Variations on a Theme XII The Story of the Adopted Daughter (continued)
- 21: Excerpt from Lazarus Long's Notebook during the Second Intermission
- 22: Variations on a Theme XIII Boondock
- 23: Variations on a Theme XIV Dionysus
- 24: Theme Variations XV Dumbfounded
- 25: Theme Variations XVI Love
- 26: Variations XVII Narcissus
- 27: Repeat I Green Hills
- 28: Repeat from scratch II end of an era
- 29: Repeat III Maureen
- 30: Repeat IV from scratch
- 31: Repeat V from scratch
- 32: Repeat VI from scratch
- 33: Repeat VII from scratch
- 34: end
