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“It was one of the most interesting fads of the night, or at least the early part of the night.”

Posted on Jul 4, 2014 by Jeff Watson

R. A. Lafferty’s crisply-written short story, “Slow Tuesday Night” (1965), envisions an oddly-familiar world of frenetic hustle where up-to-the-second “trend indicators” chart the fates of fads, fortunes, and families. A mini-masterpiece of time distortion science fiction, this classic short story … Continue reading →

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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Jeff Watson

Rabbit holes, world building and fictional encyclopediae: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges. I I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia. The mirror troubled the depths of a corridor in … Continue reading →

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