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Update to my Kurt Vonnegut page

Today I’ve updated my Kurt Vonnegut page, which now has on one page my whole dissertation on him from 1994. I’ve also added downloads of the essay in PDF and ePub format, which meant I could download it to my … Continue reading

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You know it is time to stop writing when…

You write something like the following: Horne and Corden are travelling through time, stealing ideas for sitcoms. Doctor Who is chasing them, trying to stop them destroying the history of comedy. He stops them by writing an entire series of … Continue reading

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Kurt Vonnegut reads Breakfast of Champions

92Y Podcast: Kurt Vonnegut Reads Breakfast of Champions – 92Y Blog – 92nd Street Y – New York, NY I’ve been going through some old links I’ve been meaning to read, and found this. It’s an MP3 of Kurt Vonnegut’s … Continue reading

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Copywrite

“these strange college students with their funny jargon and nerdy ways did more to start the computer revolution than any silicon engineering team. naturally curious, these mit students had devoted their lives to intellectual tinkering. they believed in a co-operative … Continue reading

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Bill Drummonds Dead. Bill Drummonds Dead

So I just caught the train. Which train, I’m not entirely sure. But it seems like the right one. Everyone else seems to think so too, but we won’t know for sure until it leaves, and they tell us where … Continue reading

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The Dark Side of the Moon

The dark cove rose far above them, so tall it almost blocked the sky from view. There was no sand, just earth brown rock, gnarled and rippled like a bark from a tree. David lost his footing, slipping on the … Continue reading

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Copywrite

These strange college students with their funny jargon and nerdy ways did more to start the computer revolution than any silicon engineering team. naturally curious, these MIT students had devoted their lives to intellectual tinkering. they believed in a co-operative … Continue reading

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Bewitched

Married life had not been kind to Samantha Stephens. Even her worst nightmares at least had more excitement than this. She was just not born to be a cleaner, a dishwasher, a cook (not a chef, Darin’s ulcer did not … Continue reading

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Frag One

I set my mind down, knowing that this is bound to be lost. I don’t have a place yet. No home, no town, no strong familiarity to call my own. No girlfriend, no wife, no loved one, no child. They … Continue reading

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An unemotional society

Shut away in its rooms, experiencing not through watching, talking or seeing, but through typing. The carcophony of millions of fingers typing millions of words, pause, the chattering of keys and space bars as a low thump. Hours sat facing … Continue reading

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