Chapter 30 Summary

Paul is kept captive by Finnerty and Lasher until he is finally brought to a meeting of the Ghost Shirt Society. In addition to Finnerty and Lasher, the attendees include Bud Calhoun, Katherine Finch, Luck Lubbock, and Mr. Haycox. Paul also recognizes Professor Ludwig von Neumann, a former political science professor who has been displaced by machines.

Katherine reports on the progress on making ghost shirts as uniforms, and Bud Calhoun talks about the plans for a machine to break into the works. He also sketches out plans for bombs disguised in soda cans to booby trap all the soda machines in EPICAC so that they can blow up the giant computer. Alfy is the one person who won't join the Ghost Shirt Society, since he's too independent to join anything.

The plan for the revolution is simple. The organization is recruiting members...