In the year 2054, functiomatons take over the jobs of many people. Baron Cortez, an intelligent teenager, forms a "functio-guerilla" in order to vandalize "Functiomatons" using a device that he invented, thinking that is "morally wrong" to allow "inanimate" objects be part of society.In the near future, the United States becomes a major producer of “Functiomatons,” which are computers that work with quantum components. The new computers take over the jobs of many people around the world, including teaching jobs. Baron Cortez, who is a non-libidinous, 16 year old boy with a genius IQ, does not like learning from “Functio-teachers”;Baron and his friends escape the restrictive environment in the city, and go to the Northern Valley of California to recruit “renegades” in order to form a group of “functio-guerilleros”; their objective is to vandalize all kinds of functiomatons; however, sightings of unidentified flying objects in the woods of Northern California make him and his group of “functio-vandals” have a night of fright. Ultimately, their encounter with the “strange flying objects” makes them find the meaning of their lives.

Barbara Constantine's And Then Came Paulette has climbed the European bestseller charts providing many smiles and laughs as along the way. When his son's family move away, widower Ferdinand is left with only a sadistic kitten for company on a farm that was built for a family. Just as loneliness starts to bite, he discovers his neighbor Marceline has long been shivering beneath a leaky roof. He welcomes her to his farm, temporarily of course, and also provides a home for her dog and her gluttonous donkey. As each begrudgingly adjusts to the other's quirks, yet more new arrivals appear. It seems that Ferdinand isn't the only one who was all-alone, and the dusty farm becomes a haven for lost souls of every age to share their sorrows and set about rediscovering their joie de vivre. Amidst the newfound hustle and bustle, one final uninvited guest threatens to upset the apple cart once and for all. Constantine has created a delightful and poignant novel of people coming together to create new interpersonal relationships of support.