Thought Provoking, Firth
Inanimate objects becoming aware of themselves. A machine that makes anything you want, smokable (I want that) and a man who shrinks so far down into a particle of something or another, and discovers the entire universe is contained inside. Very though provoking.
I thought you might have been losing your magic with Pulch (which later grew on me anyway) but this is some of your best material yet.
"Why would a man of science laugh at his audience?"
The character telling the story is awesome. I want to see more of that guy.