The Hacker and the Ants: Epilogue

Rudy Rucker's 1994 science fiction novel The Hacker and the Ants (reprint: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003: ISBN 1-56858-247-1) concludes with all the loose ends tied up. Or does it? Here's a chapter that starts at the end of Rudy's book and puts a somewhat different spin on the events that precede it. SPOILER WARNING!! Don't read this until you've finished Rudy's book. Being a conclusion, it gives away many of the plot twists in the earlier chapters.