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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member  |
I started this at the weekend and I'm enjoying it very much.
It's about the author's fictional experiences as a psychiatrist when he starts using a die to command his life decisions. He's going through a mid-life crisis and basically questions whether we can be truly happy because social condition limits our ability to allow ourselves to do anything we like. He overcomes this by using dice to decide what is permissible, what is taboo. How he'll behave is decided by a list of six options, or three, or two. It's a very amusing book but also quite bizarre in many places. I really recommend it!  "The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up. Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck." - Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980 |
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the colours . . . the colours Member  |
I've read this- it's awesome! Unfortunately the sequel is not nearly as good.
*** "objective evidence & certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit & dream-visited planet are they found?" William James |
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Sounds interesting, Mark.
I looked to see if my library has it, but they don't. When was it published, maybe I can interlibrary loan it. (I am too poor to buy books right now.) ******************************** The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not so sure about the turnip. ~~ Terry Pratchett |
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member |
I'll avoid it then, I was thinking about getting it. It is the kind of book that can't be repeated really. "The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up. Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck." - Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980 |
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