random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
  We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers--thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.

tagged: cult of personality, hero worship, nationalism, fantasists, dreams, religion
  —Peter S. Beagle (20th century fantasy writer), from preface to 1973 Edition, The Fellowship of the Ring (part one of The Lord of the Rings), urging praise for fantasists.

Archive for May, 2006

“scan this book”?

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

siva linked to “scan this book!”, a NYT magazine article by kevin kelly, with a promise to post comments about it soon. i look forward to them, and in the meantime will post my own (hurried & no-doubt flawed) quick reactions to one point:
Authors and publishers (including publishers of music and film) have relied [...]

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cody’s is closing

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

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