Popular famous space explorer man discovers mental broadcast system, among other things.

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This would be from before 2010, when I was reading oldish sci-fi novels and anthologies in school.
It might be Scheffield's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow", though I have no way to check atm.

Anyway, as I remember..
the story occasionally refers back to a subplot about a well-known space explorer/adventurer making various discoveries.
The one I remember is that he's questing to discover the origin of a phenomenon that causes people in the galaxy/universe to simultaneously feel 'loneliness and a vague sexual longing' or thereabouts.
Eventually, he finds that it's a youth in some ancient alien mental broadcast space station.

I'd appreciate if someone could confirm whether it's from "Tomorrow and Tomorrow", and particularly what other story it's referring to, if it is.
 
jinnindo said:
The one I remember is that he's questing to discover the origin of a phenomenon that causes people in the galaxy/universe to simultaneously feel 'loneliness and a vague sexual longing' or thereabouts.
Eventually, he finds that it's a youth in some ancient alien mental broadcast space station
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That's from one of the Gateway sequels by Frederic Pohl, I can't recall which one
 
Danny McG said:
That's from one of the Gateway sequels by Frederic Pohl, I can't recall which one
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Book 2, Beyond the blue event horizon.
Extract from the book:-

Paul looked at her ironically, but spoke to Wan. "For more than a dozen years," he said, "every hundred and thirty days or so, the whole Earth has gone crazy. It looks like it's your fault, The boy frowned, but said nothing. His public defender spoke for him. "Why are you picking on him?" she demanded.
"No one is 'picking', Janine. But what we experienced was the fever. It can't be a coincidence. When Wan gets into that contraption he broadcasts to the world." Paul shook his head. "Dear lad, do you have any idea of how much trouble you've caused? Ever since you began coming here, your dreams have been shared by millions of people. Billions! Sometimes you were peaceful, and your dreams were peaceful, and that wasn't so bad. Sometimes you weren't. I don't want you to blame yourself," he added kindly, forestalling Janine,
 
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