Category Archives: Other peoples words

Sometimes the Telling Makes the Tale

Posted on July 27, 2011 by randomyriad

“There is entwined seven-tentacled lightning. It is fire-masses, it is sheets, it is arms. It is seven-colored writhing in the darkness, electric alive. It pulsates, it sends, it sparkles, it blinds! It explodes! It is seven murderous thunder-snakes striking in … Continue reading →

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Finding a Balance

Posted on July 26, 2011 by randomyriad

“I am . . . what I am at the moment I am that . . . ”    The storyteller, “Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five” By Doris Lessing To know the world one must construct it.– Cesare … Continue reading →

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I Work With the Best People.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by randomyriad

Dear Michael,    Once again it is rather late by the time I get around to sitting at the computer and I don’t know if you will receive this before tomorrow, but I will send it off on the chance … Continue reading →

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Each Life a Snowflake in a Blizzard.

Posted on May 18, 2011 by randomyriad

“Politicians and rulers are not the makers of events, but their puppets:” “It seems to me that we do not know nearly enough about ourselves; that we do not often enough wonder if our lives, or some events and times … Continue reading →

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Doris Lessing Wrote Science Fiction?

Posted on April 26, 2011 by randomyriad

Yes, and she did it very well. I just finished the first volume of Doris Lessing‘s Canopus in Argos: Archives series. It is an astounding work of imagination combined with some insightful critical commentary on modern society, as well as … Continue reading →

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