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Plant reminds me of "A Beautiful Mind" but told from the pov of Nash's illusory rommate. Does anyone have any pre-reader feedback at this point? For example, any versimilitude issues,...
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We saw in the vale below us a whirlwind beginning in the road, and shewing itself by the dust it raised. Riding close by its side, I tried to break this whirlwind by striking my whip frequently...
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Catskin. Iceland Spar, medium. Hand and Bladder Glass. Madgeburg Hemispheres. Lodestone. Tantalus Cup.
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Do not assume more variables than necessary.
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The Human Element
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A Fire in Heaven
The proper season is when the weather is very dry; the special days are those when the moon is in the constellations of the Sieve, the Wall, the Wing or the Cross-bar; for these...
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Strange Waters
In our notebooks we were instructed to write the names of our top five choices, but when I finished I saw to my amazement I had written "David Wayne Stassi" five times. Mind you,...
BOUNDARY CONDITION
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Anyone Else Read Plant?
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Plant reminds me of "A Beautiful Mind" but told from the pov of Nash's illusory rommate. Does anyone have any pre-reader feedback at this point? For example, any...
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"Aren't you afraid of me?" I asked.
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Wil, the story strikes me as reminiscent of "A Beautiful Mind,"
But in this case, the narrator would be in the position of
John Forbes Nash's illusory roommate. As with any...
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