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My least favorite rock-show cliché is (and forever will be) the fake encore—that is when the band leaves the stage and pretends that the show is over, and then comes back out to play a few more songs, supposedly because the audience did a
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“I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.”
― At Swim-Two-Birds
― At Swim-Two-Birds
“Our cultures used to be almost hereditary, but now we choose them from a menu as various as the food court of a suburban shopping mall. Ambition, curiosity, talent, sexuality or religion can draw us to new cities and cultures, where we become foreigners to our parents. Synthetic cultures are nimbler than old ones, often imprudently so. They have scattered so widely that they can no longer hear each other and now some have gone so far afield that they have passed through the apocalypse while the rest of us are watching it on TV.”
― Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing – A Brilliant Collection on Science and Technology from Newton to Star Wars
― Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing – A Brilliant Collection on Science and Technology from Newton to Star Wars
“Nell," the Constable continued, indicating through his tone of voice that the lesson was concluding, "the difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent. The difference between stupid and intelligent people—and this is true whether or not they are well-educated—is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations—in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward.”
― The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
― The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
“Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.”
― The Third Policeman
― The Third Policeman
“To qualify as a Seeker, it was necessary to show a high serendipity factor. In my experimental behaviour pool as a child, I had exhibited such a factor, and had been selected for special training forthwith. I had taken additional courses in Philosophical, Alpha-humerals, Incidental Tetrachotomy, Apunctual Synchronicity, Homoontogenesis, and other subjects, ultimately qualifying as a Prime Esemplastic Seeker. In other words, I put two and two together in situations where other people were not thinking about addition. I connected. I made wholes greater than parts. Mine was an invaluable profession in a cosmos increasingly full of parts.”
― The 1977 Annual World's Best SF
― The 1977 Annual World's Best SF
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For all those planning to read Infinite Jest this summer starting June 21. Support, encouragement and gentle pushes welcome.
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