One out of 500,000 persons borne into existence has the singular distinction of being out of synchronization. Out of sync if you will with Time, Space, Linear Insanity and 499,999 other persons. You out of syncs know who you are. Professor PR Riffling noted authority on Olivetti, unknown Italian madrigalist, discovers the posthumous papers of one Professor Boise Hafter, an astral misfit, responsible for the first wide open classroom, pioneer in sousaphonic turning forked brain rythm research, and founder of Hafterism, that scientific discipline which divides the earth's population into four categories, the Straights, the Far Outs, the out of sights, and last but not least the Out of Syncs.