tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post7704563309938291295..comments2024-03-28T06:24:25.829-06:00Comments on The Quivering Pen: Great Beginnings: The Doorknobs of NovelsDavid Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-54074637900294632682019-07-30T20:20:47.830-06:002019-07-30T20:20:47.830-06:00"A merry little surge of electricity piped by..."A merry little surge of electricity piped by automatic alarm from the mood organ beside his bed awakened Rick Deckard." <br /><br />from P.K. Dick's Do Androids Dream? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-4132070608715695172017-06-24T02:17:58.818-06:002017-06-24T02:17:58.818-06:00I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on ...I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.<br />The Kite Runner, Khaled Housseini<br />Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775809986081358506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-81496696596807711732011-01-11T16:39:24.269-07:002011-01-11T16:39:24.269-07:00"There is a man here, miss, asking for your u..."There is a man here, miss, asking for your uncle," said Rose. And stood breathing.<br /><br />from Patrick White: "Voss"<br /><br />Consider the enormous amount of information in those first words - about the household, about miss and her uncle, about Rose - even about the newcomer - a man, not a gentleman...Svend Aaquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718169185533826211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-52139400032829088982010-11-19T23:24:29.289-07:002010-11-19T23:24:29.289-07:00...
. . .and the government of the United States ......<br /><br /><i>. . .and the government of the United States of America is herewith suspended, except in the District of Columbia, as of the emergency. Federal officers, including those of the Armed Services, will put themselves under the orders of the governors of the various states or of any other functioning local authority. <b>By Order of the Acting President</b>. God save the people of the United States. . . .</i><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Earth Abides</b></i> by George R. Stewart<br /><br /><br />My all-time favorite, recurring read. Lavish praise of it by sleeper can be found elsewhere on the Intertubes<br /><br /><br />...tom...<br />....tom...https://www.blogger.com/profile/06445539913213011334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-13767238057575142712010-11-19T10:03:43.255-07:002010-11-19T10:03:43.255-07:00Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday. I don'...Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday. I don't know.<br /><br />The Stranger - Camus<br /><br /><br />This remains my all time favorite. Well, maybe after 'It was a dark and stormy night...'<br /><br />-AAndrew Duxburyhttp://asduxbury.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com