Lawrence R. Spencer's Blog, page 414
February 19, 2017
LOVE HATE LUST HAIKU
HAIKU
Lust: Hate not to love
Love: To lust not to hate lust
Hate: Lust not to love
by Lawrence R. Spencer
Originally posted 2011-04-02 08:08:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
February 18, 2017
INVOCATION OF THE GODS
“Where upon Olympus stand the gods who once ruled over Man? Fallen from the Lofty Land to dwell on Earth as mortal men?
Who remembers how to fly as freeborn spirits through the sky? What powers can be exercised while trapped within a mortal guise?
The gods once caused themselves to bring The Breath of Life itself to being. Their very thoughts made every thing: the sea, a sigh, the sky, the spring!
The Gods of Old, like you & me, created everything we see. Have they lost causality? Abandoned their abilities?
Where are the gods of history? What happened to their memory? If we are them and they are we, who will cause our destiny?
Merchant Lords now rule the fold. They want us all to fit their mold: “Be a Man! Do as you’re told! The only god there is, is gold!”
How did we ever sink so low, pretending we don’t really know that we’re the spark that makes life grow, like springtime flowers through the snow?
Infinity is passing by, but time is really just a lie. Are we immortal, you and I? A question states its own reply…
We never really know we’re blind until we search around to find a simple way to leave behind the suffering that is Mankind.
Can godly powers be regained, like oceans fall to Earth as rain? Can we go back from whence we came, to greater heights and bigger games?
Lead us homeward once again, to realms beyond the dreams of men. We’ve gone astray, we’ve lost our ken*. We need your help, Immortal Friends!”
— Lawrence R. Spencer
*ken = perception; understanding, range of vision, view; sight.
Originally posted 2012-12-28 00:18:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
February 17, 2017
PATIENCE
(painting by Januz Mirralles)
Originally posted 2015-12-19 00:17:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
February 16, 2017
PERFECTION
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944, , was an aristocrat French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France’s highest literary awards and in 1940 also won the U.S. National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Night Flight andWind, Sand and Stars. (Wikipedia.org)
Originally posted 2012-01-12 14:58:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
February 14, 2017
THEORY
the·o·ry
ˈTHirē/
noun
noun: theory; plural noun: theories
a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
“Darwin’s theory of evolution”
synonyms:
hypothesis, thesis, conjecture, supposition, speculation, postulation, postulate, proposition, premise, surmise, assumption, presupposition; More
opinion, view, belief, contention
“I reckon that confirms my theory”
principles, ideas, concepts;
philosophy, ideology, system of ideas, science
“modern economic theory
a set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based.
“a theory of education”
an idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action.
“There are as many theories as their are opinions”. — LRS
February 13, 2017
DOORS INTO OTHER UNIVERSES
How often have you wished that you could open a door, and walk through it into a different universe? Here are a few you might try….
Originally posted 2015-03-26 16:39:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
February 11, 2017
100 (OR SO) BOOKS I HEARD IN 2016
100 (OR SO) BOOKS I HEARD IN 2016I have written 8 books personally. (See my author profile (http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/pan) I also edited and published the international best selling book Alien Interview.
As a writer I am a reader. I usually read (or re-read) at least 100 books a year. I am 70 years old now and have developed severe arthritis is my neck which prevents me from reading printed books. So, I download and listen to audiobooks from AUDIBLE.COM. I have discovered the experience of audiobooks to be much more satisfying than reading printed books. What can be better than a well written story read to you by a professional voice talent?! Anyway, I want to share with you a list of audobooks I listened to during 2016. As you can see from the list my preferences lean heavily toward Fantasy, Science Fiction, Metaphysics and History. Each book is a universe created by the “author gods” of Earth: universes of infinite imagination and fascination.
THE HARRY POTTER SERIES (7 books) by J.K Rowling
DUNE (6 book series by Frank Herbert)
ASHELY BELL by Dean Koontz
NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman (second reading)
THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES: BEING THE TRUE AND SURPRISING STORY OF THE CARIBBEAN PIRATES by Colin Woodard 
BAG OF BONES by Stephen King
THE IMPROBABLE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by John Joseph Adams (editor) , Robert J. Sawyer , Christopher Roden , Michael Moorcock , Anne Perry , Neil Gaiman , Anthony Burgess , Laurie R. King
THE DIAMOND AGE by Neal Stephenson
GHENHIS KHAN AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD By Jack Weatherford
THE RED RISING TRILOGY by Pierce Brown
THE DRUID CHRONICLES (8 books) by Kevin Hearne
HOW TO SAFELY LIVE IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE by Charles Yu
THE DRESDEN FILES (15 books) by Jim Butcher
ALEX VERUS SERIES by Benedict Jacka (7 books)
THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF HOPE by Claire North
THE EVERYTHING BOX by Richard Kadrey
MAGIC 2.0 (3 book series) by Scott Meyer
THE AERONAUT’S WINDLASS: THE CINDER SPIRES, BOOK 1 by Jim Butcher
THE MANY SELVES OF KATHERINE NORTH by Emma Geen
THE CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY’S (book 1 and 2) by Jody Taylor
READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline
TESSER, A DRAGON AMONG US by Chris Philbrook
JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL by Susanna Clarke
THE DIRTY STREETS OF HEAVEN: BOBBY DOLLAR by Tad Williams 
SLEEPING LATE ON JUDGEMENT DAY: Bobby Dollar BY Tad Williams
THE HIKE by Drew Magary
WHERE THE HELL IS TELSA: A NOVEL by Rob Dircks
AGENT TO THE STARS by John Scalzi
THE ANDROIDS DREAM by John Scalzi
ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert M. Pirsig
ALL OF THE BOOKS OF DOUGLAS ADAMS (re-read for the 4th or 5th time) 
THE GODMAKERS by Frank Herbert
AWAKEN ONLINE by Travis Bagwell
SURVIVAL QUEST: WAY OF THE SHAMAN SERIES (1 and 2) by Vasily Mahanenko
HEARTSTRIKERS (3 book series) by Rachel Aaron
WIZARD DEFIANT: INTERGALACTIC WIZARD SCOUT CHRONICLES by Rodney Hartman
THE LEGEND OF ELI MONPRESS (5 book series) by Rachel Aaron 
WAKE OF VULTURES: THE SHADOW BOOK 1, by Lila Bowen
THE SHEPARD’S CROWN by Terry Pratchett
WATCHERS by Dean Koontz
SOLARIS by Stanislaw Lem
THE MOTE IN GOD’S EYE by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
WE ARE LEGION (WE ARE BOB) BOBIVERSE BOOKS 1 AND 2 by Dennis E. Taylor
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON by Dean Koontz
COLUMBUS DAY: EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (book 1) by Craig Alanson
February 10, 2017
FEELING ELEPHANTS
“I took an elective course just for the (bleep) of it. It was called Intimate Interpretations of Einstein’s Unified Field Theory. The instructor was a former room-mate of Al Einstein from when Al worked in the patent office in Switzerland from 1902 to 1909. His name was Professor Hans Schlongholder. This is how he explained Einstein’s theory to our class in his cheesy, Swiss accent:
“The universe, or any other relative reality, is like a group of people, each of whom is blindfolded. Each person is feeling a different part of an elephant. Each person describes the part of the elephant he feels. Al’s theory says that if everyone compares what they feel and they all agree on a collective feeling of the elephant, then they will all have an accurate picture of the whole elephant.
However, Al was never really quite sure that the picture of the elephant we were getting was of the hole, or the trunk. It all depends on which end of the elephant one is feeling and how fast he is traveling while feeling it, relative to the speed of the elephant itself and how the elephant feels about being felt at the time”.
Transcendentally speaking, in order to understand any universe one must look at the word itself: UNIVERSE. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words, “univ” and “erse.” Does anyone understand what these words really mean? No. So, is it any mystery why the mysteries of the universe have never been solved?” — Excerpt from THE BIG BLEEP by Lawrence R. Spencer
LISTEN TO A SAMPLE OF “THE BIG BLEEP” AUDIOBOOK
Originally posted 2013-07-16 14:49:18. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
