I stood on the little suspension bridge above the popular sunday weir and watched the white water and the occasional salmon leaping to struggle against the sheen of light skimming down the concrete... More > each side of the box that cradled the fish for inspection and labelling.
Science marched on. The Enlightenment assured the victory of our hubris.
What victory? Knowledge?
To stare into the abyss of knowledge.< Less
"...if he is to join what all the rest of them want to be at the very least a pleasurable and productive holiday community, then he has to be relieved of his choking suspicion of everyone else.... More > Though really it is of himself, she thinks..."< Less
A message from the Author.
Fellow Universarians! It was my transference through the wormhole which upset me. The engulfing monstrosity of my planet’s final days might have been enough.
But... More > this Otherworld!
And now it seems I cannot get back.
Frank S Smith
Consciousness
Somewhere
The Universe
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Rootless, and supposedly masculine, Hobbled had mentally participated in all the ages of twentieth century woman. He had grown up in the age of her still accepted servitude... Now a young She - like... More > a young He - could have everything. Perhaps even - She thought, or He complained she thought - She more than He?< Less
About Peter Pickering
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Alive. Old.
It becomes increasingly likely that Capitalism's hegemony will continue until it either achieves the finally stable instability it claims to offer, or it implodes. In these circumstances to act against the rules of commodity is not to act to free art from money but to play into the hands of absolute consumerism. I have therefore withdrawn the opportunity to freely download PDFs of my books, or free ebooks - which apparently Lulu is offering unless otherwise instructed - while still contrarily keeping the sale of paperbacks to production cost only.
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