I just finished reading "Goliah" by Jack London and enjoyed it immensely. It is exactly what I would have told someone I planned to do with my life when I was fourteen, and thought, perhaps, I might be able to save mankind while operating from a small genius stronghold somewhere in the Pacific. Well, my brain has dried considerably since then, and keeping alert seems almost as daunting a task as world domination...
In the story London abolishes war and capitalism to bring mankind into the age of "laughter."
If one asks whether these sorts of drastic measures ought still to be taken, the following article from the NY Times suggests to me-- well, let each judge for himself!
www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html
In the story London abolishes war and capitalism to bring mankind into the age of "laughter."
If one asks whether these sorts of drastic measures ought still to be taken, the following article from the NY Times suggests to me-- well, let each judge for himself!
www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html
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- 14 Oct 2013, 02:05John, I think you would find even more to it than my generous appraisal of it suggests.
Since posting this I have gone through Part 1&2 of Don Quixote, and quite strongly feel that Patocki's… - 13 Oct 2013, 23:26Sent here by Joculum at LJ. This already makes me like the book you have made me imagine this one to be. But it it?
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