Mammoth (2006)
“In the end, he supposed, it was because he was lonely.
It had been two months, and progress was maddeningly slow. He was spending time mostly with Jim, the metallurgist, and Anthony, the master machinist. They were all nice enough people, delighted to be so well paid and not inclined to ask a lot of awkward questions. But Matt didn’t have a lot in common with any of them.
Truth be told, Matt didn’t have a lot in common with anybody.
It was the story of his life. Labeled as the next Einstein ear...ly in childhood, he had found his peers to be either confused by his intellect or actively hostile to it. Even his teachers were often intimidated. He had achieved his doctorate at Cal Tech at the age of fifteen, and felt his real studies didn’t begin until then. And by then there were precious few who could keep up with him, and even fewer who could guide him.
At the age of twenty-five he had what was pretty close to a mental breakdown. He just…stopped talking. He didn’t decide to. He found himself unable to speak.MoreLess
It had been two months, and progress was maddeningly slow. He was spending time mostly with Jim, the metallurgist, and Anthony, the master machinist. They were all nice enough people, delighted to be so well paid and not inclined to ask a lot of awkward questions. But Matt didn’t have a lot in common with any of them.
Truth be told, Matt didn’t have a lot in common with anybody.
It was the story of his life. Labeled as the next Einstein ear...ly in childhood, he had found his peers to be either confused by his intellect or actively hostile to it. Even his teachers were often intimidated. He had achieved his doctorate at Cal Tech at the age of fifteen, and felt his real studies didn’t begin until then. And by then there were precious few who could keep up with him, and even fewer who could guide him.
At the age of twenty-five he had what was pretty close to a mental breakdown. He just…stopped talking. He didn’t decide to. He found himself unable to speak.MoreLess
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