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I admit that before I read this book, I thought it was a fantasy story about dragons. I was pleasantly surprised when I learned its genre is science fiction. The novel is a product of its time, with a copyright date of 1968. If you are able to look past the cultural Dogma of the…
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Geologically speaking, is the volcanic hotspot in Yellowstone National Park overdue for an eruption? Its last belch was a lava flow that occurred seventy thousand years ago. The hotspot’s last giant, pyroclastic eruption was six hundred, thirty one thousand years ago. Does that mean it will erupt tomorrow? Today’s geologists believe it is possible, but…
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If I were the Earth I would be patient.Newly born they cut my hair and burrow into my skin.Have they lost all perception?Have they forgotten they are of me, part of me, all life their brethren?I fear they dig themselves to extinction, my children.They dig, attempting to control me, never realizing I am as far…
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My family moved a lot. My parents weren’t in the military, they were academics. They met in grad school, both botanists. My dad’s area of expertise was lichenology, the study of lichen, and my mom’s was mycology, the study of fungus. Their shared love of fungi is what really brought them together. My mom would…
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There were fourteen of us sitting in the jury box. Two of us would be dismissed before deliberation, but we did not know which. We were notified weeks ago to report for possible federal jury duty. Just this morning forty-two of us had arrived, some from as long as two hours away. After three hours…
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I’m being stalked. I see her when I pull into the driveway after work. She thinks I can’t, but she doesn’t quite blend in with the shadows under the fir tree across the street where she sits. When I raise the shades in the morning, I catch a fleeting glimpse of her dark hair flashing…
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Like thousands of other writers, I finished my novel. I self-published it too. After the initial rush of friends and family snatching up copies, my sales have dwindled to exactly zero point zero. This is my first novel, and I think it shows. I was my own editor and even took the cover photo myself. …
Literary Works of TM Allman 