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In case the honestly-utterly-insignificant detail escaped your memory, Knox suggested they read “City of Night” back here. (Although the fact that Rodrigo loves Knox enough to remember such things is plenty significant)
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Looking for books, Rodrigo said, “‘experience’ is half the point for me, and so holding an actual book makes it really satisfying.” Picknar said, “I get it. If it’s too easy to get something, it doesn’t feel like you’ve earned it.” That wasn’t quite what Rodrigo meant, but he said “close enough” anyway. He then went up to the checkout counter and said to the librarian, “hello. Just these three books please. Including a copy of John Rechy’s ‘City of Night,’ because love is more important than taste.” The librarian said, “sure. And hello, Val, I see you hiding over there.” Val, standing behind Rodrigo, said, “who? Oh right, me. But I’m not hiding.” The librarian said, “heh. ‘who? oh right, me.’ Don’t worry, I’m not going to harass you about your overdue copy of “Outwitting Squirrels.” Jo turned to Picknar and said, “so you’re the reason it’s been on hold for so long.” The library said, “and regarding ‘How To Improve Your Bowling Using Self-Hypnosis.’ We had a staff meeting, and after a good laugh, decided you can keep it.”
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Alien mind swapping is actually a common excuse for not returning books.
So, self-hypnosis so she can beat the squirrels at bowling?
Sounds legit.
I’ve looked up these titles, and surprisingly, the one about hypnotic bowling improvement actually exists, with nearly that title. And on Amazon it has a summary that contains the word “bowlbetterology”.
I wish I was making this up.
Sometimes real life is the weirdo that art occasionally tries to copy. ????
FWIW, I keep forgetting that this forum software isn’t fully Unicode-compliant — the ???? in my post were supposed to be a grinning face. 😀
I diddit! Couple of months back i started reading from the beginning and I have finally caught on. It has been a ride 🙂
I think weirdness is an entirely neglected form of the human experience that still has much to tell us about how to deal with an indifferent, utterly alien universe that manages to intrude on our everyday lives. Even if not through alien mind transfer from the stars.
We really don’t appreciate the weird the way we ought to.