Catégorie : The Company
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Playing with the Company 3: Taming the Serpent
« Paradox? If you view time as a linear flow, certainly. Not, however, if you finally pay attention to the ancients and regard time (not eternity) as a serpent biting its own tail, or perhaps a spiral. » Kage Baker, The Life of the World to Come Methodological solipsists vs Area Man When you write about past…
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Playing with the Company 2: Theobromos
« Our masters were horrified when they discovered that chocolate gets us pleasantly stoned, because they thought they’d designed us to be proof against intoxicants. They even tried to forbid it to us, but must have realized they’d have a revolt on their hands if they did, and settled for strictly regulating our use of the…
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Playing with the Company: Kage Baker’s legacy
« He’ll be very clever, look at that score. And we’ll take this figure for his strength, and this one for his alignment with the forces of good. Is that neat or is that neat?« Kage Baker, The Life of the World to Come In a series of books collectively known as the novels of The…
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Heroes were made
« Speaking of the ancients, » he said « I’ve brought along something to help us in our quest for the hero. Look at these, will you? Divination tools! » He held his hand out. Nestled in his sticky palm were three little objects of brightly colored plastic. There was a lime green pyramid, a pink cube, and a…