First published in Worlds Of Tomorrow Jan 1965
John Cupertino gets stuck in a psychotic loop (with a great deal of hostility directed at his wife) as a way of coping with the fact he inadvertently thwarted Ganymede’s attempt to revolt against Terran colonization by informing his wife of the plans.
Cast of characters
- Caleb Myers – officer who first pulls over the speeding Cupertino
- John Cupertino – our psychotic protagonist
- Carol Cupertino – John Cupertino’s wife
- Dr. Gottlieb Hagopian – Cupertino’s psychiatrist
- Dr. Edgar Green – Six-planet Educational Enterprise’s psychologist