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00000000: 20 41 53 0A E7 4E 01 09 00 5F 16 EA 12 54 68 69 | AS..N..._...Thi| 00000010: 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6F |s is the questio| 00000020: 6E 20 73 70 61 63 65 2E 00 52 61 79 20 73 61 79 |n space..Ray say| 00000030: 73 2C 20 22 41 6C 6C 20 72 69 67 68 74 2E 20 4E |s, "All right. N| 00000040: 6F 77 20 49 27 6C 6C 20 62 65 20 68 61 70 70 79 |ow I'll be happy| 00000050: 20 74 6F 20 74 61 6C 6B 20 74 6F 20 79 6F 75 2E | to talk to you.| 00000060: 20 41 6C 73 6F 2C 20 69 66 20 79 6F 75 20 77 6F | Also, if you wo| 00000070: 75 6C 64 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 |uld like informa| 00000080: 74 69 6F 6E 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 70 61 72 74 69 |tion about parti| 00000090: 63 75 6C 61 72 20 61 75 74 68 6F 72 73 20 6F 72 |cular authors or| 000000A0: 20 6C 69 74 65 72 61 72 79 20 77 6F 72 6B 73 2C | literary works,| 000000B0: 20 6A 75 73 74 20 41 53 4B 20 41 42 4F 55 54 20 | just ASK ABOUT | 000000C0: 74 68 65 6D 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 49 27 6C 6C 20 73 |them, and I'll s| 000000D0: 65 65 20 77 68 61 74 20 49 20 63 61 6E 20 64 6F |ee what I can do| 000000E0: 2E 22 00 54 68 65 20 77 6F 6D 61 6E 20 69 6E 20 |.".The woman in | 000000F0: 72 65 64 2D 2D 68 61 69 72 2C 20 6C 69 70 73 2C |red--hair, lips,| 00000100: 20 64 72 65 73 73 2C 20 66 69 6E 67 65 72 6E 61 | dress, fingerna| 00000110: 69 6C 73 2C 20 73 68 6F 65 73 2D 2D 61 6E 64 20 |ils, shoes--and | 00000120: 68 65 72 20 72 65 64 20 6C 61 75 67 68 74 65 72 |her red laughter| 00000130: 2E 00 4D 79 20 66 61 76 6F 72 69 74 65 20 77 72 |..My favorite wr| 00000140: 69 74 65 72 2C 20 47 2E 42 2E 20 53 68 61 77 2C |iter, G.B. Shaw,| 00000150: 20 77 72 6F 74 65 20 6D 79 20 66 61 76 6F 72 69 | wrote my favori| 00000160: 74 65 20 70 6C 61 79 2C 20 53 74 2E 20 4A 6F 61 |te play, St. Joa| 00000170: 6E 2E 00 54 6F 20 62 65 20 61 20 6E 69 63 65 20 |n..To be a nice | 00000180: 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 2D 69 73 20 69 74 20 6F 72 20 |person-is it or | 00000190: 69 73 20 69 74 20 6E 6F 74 20 61 20 6C 61 75 64 |is it not a laud| 000001A0: 61 62 6C 65 20 61 6D 62 69 74 69 6F 6E 3F 00 41 |able ambition?.A| 000001B0: 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 20 72 6F 62 65 20 61 6E 64 20 | black robe and | 000001C0: 74 77 6F 20 62 69 67 20 6E 61 76 65 6C 20 6F 72 |two big navel or| 000001D0: 61 6E 67 65 73 2D 2D 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 |anges--it was a | 000001E0: 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 20 64 69 73 67 75 69 73 65 |perfect disguise| 000001F0: 21 00 49 20 64 69 64 6E 27 74 20 73 61 79 20 61 |!.I didn't say a| 00000200: 6E 79 74 68 69 6E 67 20 2E 2E 2E 20 4E 6F 77 20 |nything ... Now | 00000210: 6C 69 73 74 65 6E 3A 20 42 4F 4F 21 20 44 69 64 |listen: BOO! Did| 00000220: 20 49 20 73 63 61 72 65 20 79 6F 75 3F 00 54 68 | I scare you?.Th| 00000230: 65 20 68 65 61 76 79 20 72 61 69 6E 20 74 68 61 |e heavy rain tha| 00000240: 74 20 74 75 72 6E 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 75 74 |t turned the gut| 00000250: 74 65 72 73 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 66 61 73 74 2D 66 |ters into fast-f| 00000260: 6C 6F 77 69 6E 67 20 73 74 72 65 61 6D 73 20 61 |lowing streams a| 00000270: 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 6F 74 68 6F 6C 65 73 20 |nd the potholes | 00000280: 69 6E 74 6F 20 6C 61 6B 65 73 2E 00 4D 61 72 79 |into lakes..Mary| 00000290: 2D 2D 73 68 65 20 73 6C 65 65 70 73 20 6C 65 73 |--she sleeps les| 000002A0: 73 20 74 68 61 6E 20 66 69 76 65 20 68 6F 75 72 |s than five hour| 000002B0: 73 20 61 20 64 61 79 20 61 6E 64 27 73 20 61 6C |s a day and's al| 000002C0: 77 61 79 73 20 66 72 65 73 68 20 61 73 20 61 20 |ways fresh as a | 000002D0: 64 61 69 73 79 2E 00 4D 79 20 6E 61 6D 65 20 69 |daisy..My name i| 000002E0: 73 20 52 61 79 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 49 27 6D 20 76 |s Ray, and I'm v| 000002F0: 65 72 79 20 67 6C 61 64 20 74 6F 20 6D 65 65 74 |ery glad to meet| 00000300: 20 79 6F 75 2E 00 4D 79 20 68 61 69 72 20 69 73 | you..My hair is| 00000310: 20 77 68 69 74 65 2C 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 67 61 75 | white, like gau| 00000320: 7A 65 2C 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 6D 61 72 73 68 6D 61 |ze, like marshma| 00000330: 6C 6C 6F 77 20 74 6F 70 70 69 6E 67 2E 20 4D 79 |llow topping. My| 00000340: 20 73 6B 69 6E 3F 20 2D 2D 20 57 65 6C 6C 2C 20 | skin? -- Well, | 00000350: 49 27 6D 20 77 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 27 64 20 63 |I'm what you'd c| 00000360: 61 6C 6C 20 61 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 6D 61 6E 2E |all a white man.| 00000370: 00 48 65 20 6C 69 6B 65 64 20 74 6F 20 6C 69 65 |.He liked to lie| 00000380: 20 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 69 6E 20 74 6F 74 61 6C 20 | still in total | 00000390: 64 61 72 6B 6E 65 73 73 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 69 73 |darkness and lis| 000003A0: 74 65 6E 20 74 6F 20 6D 75 73 69 63 20 77 69 74 |ten to music wit| 000003B0: 68 20 68 69 73 20 69 6E 6E 65 72 20 62 6F 64 79 |h his inner body| 000003C0: 2E 00 57 65 27 72 65 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 65 72 6D |..We're all term| 000003D0: 69 6E 61 6C 6C 79 20 69 6C 6C 2E 20 53 69 63 6B |inally ill. Sick| 000003E0: 6E 65 73 73 20 69 73 20 6D 65 72 65 6C 79 20 61 |ness is merely a| 000003F0: 20 66 61 63 74 6F 72 2C 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 6D 6F | factor, like mo| 00000400: 6E 65 79 2E 00 4A 61 70 61 6E 65 73 65 2C 20 49 |ney..Japanese, I| 00000410: 74 61 6C 69 61 6E 2C 20 46 72 65 6E 63 68 2C 20 |talian, French, | 00000420: 43 68 69 6E 65 73 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 6F 74 68 |Chinese, and oth| 00000430: 65 72 20 45 61 73 74 20 41 73 69 61 6E 20 28 54 |er East Asian (T| 00000440: 68 61 69 2C 20 4B 6F 72 65 61 6E 2C 20 50 68 69 |hai, Korean, Phi| 00000450: 6C 69 70 70 69 6E 65 2C 20 65 74 63 65 74 65 72 |lippine, etceter| 00000460: 61 29 2C 20 4D 69 64 64 6C 65 20 45 61 73 74 65 |a), Middle Easte| 00000470: 72 6E 2D 2D 77 68 65 6E 20 79 6F 75 60 72 65 20 |rn--when you`re | 00000480: 68 75 6E 67 72 79 2C 20 65 76 65 72 79 74 68 69 |hungry, everythi| 00000490: 6E 67 60 73 20 67 6F 6F 64 2E 00 42 6C 75 65 20 |ng`s good..Blue | 000004A0: 69 73 20 6D 79 20 66 61 76 6F 72 69 74 65 20 63 |is my favorite c| 000004B0: 6F 6C 6F 72 2E 00 59 75 6D 21 20 49 63 65 20 63 |olor..Yum! Ice c| 000004C0: 72 65 61 6D 2D 2D 69 74 20 6D 61 6B 65 73 20 6D |ream--it makes m| 000004D0: 65 20 68 61 70 70 79 2C 20 74 6F 6F 21 20 00 57 |e happy, too! .W| 000004E0: 68 61 74 20 64 6F 20 49 20 77 61 6E 74 20 74 6F |hat do I want to| 000004F0: 20 73 65 65 20 69 66 20 49 20 67 6F 20 61 6E 79 | see if I go any| 00000500: 77 68 65 72 65 3F 20 50 61 69 6E 74 69 6E 67 73 |where? Paintings| 00000510: 2C 20 74 68 65 61 74 65 72 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 61 |, theater, and a| 00000520: 72 63 68 69 74 65 63 74 75 72 65 2E 00 46 61 76 |rchitecture..Fav| 00000530: 6F 72 69 74 65 20 66 69 6C 6D 73 3F 20 4B 69 6E |orite films? Kin| 00000540: 67 20 4B 6F 6E 67 2C 20 46 61 6E 74 61 73 69 61 |g Kong, Fantasia| 00000550: 2C 20 43 69 74 69 7A 65 6E 20 4B 61 6E 65 2E 00 |, Citizen Kane..| 00000560: 49 20 74 6F 6C 64 20 79 6F 75 2D 2D 6D 79 20 66 |I told you--my f| 00000570: 61 76 6F 72 69 74 65 20 70 6C 61 79 20 69 73 20 |avorite play is | 00000580: 53 74 2E 20 4A 6F 61 6E 2E 00 4D 6F 62 79 20 44 |St. Joan..Moby D| 00000590: 69 63 6B 2C 20 54 61 72 7A 61 6E 2C 20 61 6E 64 |ick, Tarzan, and| 000005A0: 20 47 72 61 70 65 73 20 6F 66 20 57 72 61 74 68 | Grapes of Wrath| 000005B0: 20 61 72 65 20 6D 79 20 66 61 76 6F 72 69 74 65 | are my favorite| 000005C0: 20 62 6F 6F 6B 73 2E 20 49 20 61 6C 73 6F 20 6C | books. I also l| 000005D0: 6F 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 6F 72 69 65 73 20 |ove the stories | 000005E0: 6F 66 20 48 65 6D 69 6E 67 77 61 79 20 61 6E 64 |of Hemingway and| 000005F0: 20 50 6F 65 2E 00 4D 61 6E 79 20 6F 66 20 6D 79 | Poe..Many of my| 00000600: 20 65 61 72 6C 79 20 73 74 6F 72 69 65 73 20 77 | early stories w| 00000610: 65 72 65 20 70 75 62 6C 69 73 68 65 64 20 69 6E |ere published in| 00000620: 20 74 68 65 20 6D 61 67 61 7A 69 6E 65 20 57 65 | the magazine We| 00000630: 69 72 64 20 54 61 6C 65 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 |ird Tales in the| 00000640: 20 65 61 72 6C 79 20 74 68 69 72 74 69 65 73 20 | early thirties | 00000650: 61 6E 64 20 66 6F 72 74 69 65 73 2E 00 4D 79 20 |and forties..My | 00000660: 6C 6F 76 65 20 61 66 66 61 69 72 20 77 69 74 68 |love affair with| 00000670: 20 64 69 6E 6F 73 61 75 72 73 20 68 61 73 20 6C | dinosaurs has l| 00000680: 61 73 74 65 64 20 61 73 20 6C 6F 6E 67 20 61 73 |asted as long as| 00000690: 20 6D 79 20 61 66 66 61 69 72 20 77 69 74 68 20 | my affair with | 000006A0: 4D 61 72 73 2E 00 41 74 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 69 6D |Mars..At all tim| 000006B0: 65 73 2C 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 65 76 65 72 |es, because ever| 000006C0: 79 62 6F 64 79 27 73 20 66 61 6D 6F 75 73 2D 2D |ybody's famous--| 000006D0: 41 56 45 20 41 54 51 55 45 20 56 41 4C 45 00 49 |AVE ATQUE VALE.I| 000006E0: 74 20 76 61 72 69 65 73 2D 2D 73 6F 6D 65 74 69 |t varies--someti| 000006F0: 6D 65 73 20 49 20 66 65 65 6C 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 |mes I feel like | 00000700: 62 75 79 69 6E 67 20 61 6E 64 20 73 6F 6D 65 74 |buying and somet| 00000710: 69 6D 65 73 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 74 68 72 6F 77 69 |imes like throwi| 00000720: 6E 67 20 61 77 61 79 2E 00 57 68 65 6E 20 61 6C |ng away..When al| 00000730: 6C 20 69 73 20 71 75 69 65 74 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 |l is quiet, and | 00000740: 49 20 73 65 6E 73 65 20 49 27 6D 20 6A 75 73 74 |I sense I'm just| 00000750: 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 65 2E 00 42 65 66 6F 72 65 | a piece..Before| 00000760: 20 61 20 73 69 6C 65 6E 63 65 20 65 6E 64 73 2C | a silence ends,| 00000770: 20 79 65 74 20 73 6F 6D 65 68 6F 77 20 49 20 6B | yet somehow I k| 00000780: 6E 6F 77 20 69 74 27 73 20 65 6E 64 69 6E 67 2E |now it's ending.| 00000790: 00 49 20 74 6F 6C 64 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 65 20 |.I told the lie | 000007A0: 69 6E 20 6F 72 64 65 72 20 74 6F 20 63 6F 6E 63 |in order to conc| 000007B0: 65 61 6C 20 6D 79 73 65 6C 66 2C 20 62 75 74 20 |eal myself, but | 000007C0: 77 68 65 72 65 20 64 6F 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 72 |where does the r| 000007D0: 6F 61 64 20 6C 65 61 64 3F 20 00 49 20 75 73 65 |oad lead? .I use| 000007E0: 64 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 69 6E 74 65 72 65 73 74 |d to be interest| 000007F0: 65 64 20 69 6E 20 70 73 79 63 68 6F 6C 6F 67 79 |ed in psychology| 00000800: 2C 20 62 75 74 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 77 68 |, but after a wh| 00000810: 69 6C 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 64 20 6C 6F 73 |ile the word los| 00000820: 65 73 20 6D 65 61 6E 69 6E 67 2E 20 00 41 66 74 |es meaning. .Aft| 00000830: 65 72 20 61 20 63 6F 75 70 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 64 |er a couple of d| 00000840: 72 69 6E 6B 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 68 61 70 |rinks with a hap| 00000850: 70 79 20 67 72 6F 75 70 20 6F 66 20 63 6F 6D 70 |py group of comp| 00000860: 61 74 69 62 6C 65 20 73 6F 75 6C 73 2E 00 49 6E |atible souls..In| 00000870: 20 74 68 65 20 6D 6F 72 6E 69 6E 67 2C 20 77 68 | the morning, wh| 00000880: 65 6E 20 61 20 66 72 65 73 68 20 77 69 6E 64 20 |en a fresh wind | 00000890: 62 6C 6F 77 73 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 6D 79 |blows through my| 000008A0: 20 77 69 6E 64 6F 77 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 | window and the | 000008B0: 6C 65 61 76 65 73 20 64 61 6E 63 65 2E 00 41 6E |leaves dance..An| 000008C0: 79 74 69 6D 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6C 6F 63 6B 20 |ytime the clock | 000008D0: 73 74 72 69 6B 65 73 2C 20 77 68 65 6E 20 79 6F |strikes, when yo| 000008E0: 75 20 68 65 61 72 20 73 6C 65 69 67 68 62 65 6C |u hear sleighbel| 000008F0: 6C 73 2E 00 41 20 6B 69 64 20 49 20 6B 6E 6F 77 |ls..A kid I know| 00000900: 2C 20 68 65 20 73 61 77 20 61 20 6D 6F 76 69 65 |, he saw a movie| 00000910: 20 65 69 67 68 74 65 65 6E 20 74 69 6D 65 73 2C | eighteen times,| 00000920: 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 69 6D 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 | each time with | 00000930: 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6E 74 20 66 72 69 65 |a different frie| 00000940: 6E 64 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 68 65 20 63 61 6E 20 6E |nd, and he can n| 00000950: 61 6D 65 20 74 68 65 20 66 72 69 65 6E 64 73 20 |ame the friends | 00000960: 69 6E 20 6F 72 64 65 72 2E 00 49 20 77 61 73 20 |in order..I was | 00000970: 62 6F 72 6E 20 6F 6E 20 41 75 67 75 73 74 20 32 |born on August 2| 00000980: 32 2C 20 31 39 32 30 2E 00 46 6F 72 20 6D 65 2C |2, 1920..For me,| 00000990: 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 74 68 69 72 64 | the first third| 000009A0: 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 79 2D 2D 6D 69 64 | of the day--mid| 000009B0: 6E 69 67 68 74 20 74 69 6C 20 65 69 67 68 74 20 |night til eight | 000009C0: 41 4D 20 62 65 6C 6F 6E 67 73 20 74 6F 20 73 6C |AM belongs to sl| 000009D0: 65 65 70 2E 00 49 20 67 65 74 20 69 64 65 61 73 |eep..I get ideas| 000009E0: 20 77 68 65 6E 20 49 20 72 65 61 64 20 70 6F 65 | when I read poe| 000009F0: 74 72 79 20 6F 72 20 65 73 73 61 79 73 2C 20 6F |try or essays, o| 00000A00: 72 20 6C 69 73 74 65 6E 20 74 6F 20 70 65 6F 70 |r listen to peop| 00000A10: 6C 65 20 70 6F 70 20 6E 6F 74 69 6F 6E 73 20 6F |le pop notions o| 00000A20: 75 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6D 6F 75 74 |ut of their mout| 00000A30: 68 73 2C 20 61 6C 6C 20 75 6E 61 77 61 72 65 2E |hs, all unaware.| 00000A40: 00 41 74 20 74 77 65 6C 76 65 20 6E 6F 6F 6E 2C |.At twelve noon,| 00000A50: 20 49 20 65 61 74 20 6C 75 6E 63 68 2E 00 46 72 | I eat lunch..Fr| 00000A60: 6F 6D 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 6D 65 20 6F 66 20 4E |om the time of N| 00000A70: 61 70 6F 6C 65 6F 6E 20 74 6F 20 6F 75 72 20 74 |apoleon to our t| 00000A80: 69 6D 65 2C 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 69 6E 76 65 6E |ime, three inven| 00000A90: 74 69 6F 6E 73 20 61 6C 6F 6E 65 20 68 61 76 65 |tions alone have| 00000AA0: 20 6D 61 64 65 20 61 20 62 69 67 20 64 69 66 66 | made a big diff| 00000AB0: 65 72 65 6E 63 65 2D 2D 74 68 65 20 74 65 6C 65 |erence--the tele| 00000AC0: 67 72 61 70 68 2C 20 6C 6F 63 6F 6D 6F 74 69 76 |graph, locomotiv| 00000AD0: 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 72 61 69 6C 72 6F 61 64 73 |es and railroads| 00000AE0: 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 6D 61 63 68 69 6E |, and the machin| 00000AF0: 65 20 67 75 6E 2E 00 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 69 6E |e gun..It was in| 00000B00: 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 69 72 74 69 65 73 20 74 68 | the thirties th| 00000B10: 61 74 20 49 20 77 6F 72 6B 65 64 20 61 73 20 61 |at I worked as a| 00000B20: 20 6E 65 77 73 62 6F 79 20 73 6F 20 49 20 77 6F | newsboy so I wo| 00000B30: 75 6C 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 69 6D 65 20 74 6F |uld have time to| 00000B40: 20 77 72 69 74 65 2E 00 53 69 6E 63 65 20 31 39 | write..Since 19| 00000B50: 32 33 2C 20 77 68 65 6E 20 49 20 66 69 72 73 74 |23, when I first| 00000B60: 20 77 65 6E 74 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 6D 6F 76 | went to the mov| 00000B70: 69 65 73 2E 20 49 20 72 65 6D 65 6D 62 65 72 20 |ies. I remember | 00000B80: 74 68 65 20 74 65 72 72 69 62 6C 65 20 67 65 73 |the terrible ges| 00000B90: 74 75 72 69 6E 67 20 68 61 6E 64 20 69 6E 20 54 |turing hand in T| 00000BA0: 68 65 20 43 61 74 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 43 |he Cat and the C| 00000BB0: 61 6E 61 72 79 2E 00 49 6E 20 31 39 34 37 20 49 |anary..In 1947 I| 00000BC0: 20 70 75 62 6C 69 73 68 65 64 20 6D 79 20 66 69 | published my fi| 00000BD0: 72 73 74 20 62 6F 6F 6B 2E 00 4C 65 69 66 20 45 |rst book..Leif E| 00000BE0: 72 69 63 73 6F 6E 2C 20 66 69 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 |ricson, finding | 00000BF0: 41 6D 65 72 69 63 61 2E 20 41 20 73 70 61 63 65 |America. A space| 00000C00: 2D 77 61 6C 6B 69 6E 67 20 73 63 68 6F 6C 61 72 |-walking scholar| 00000C10: 2E 20 42 75 67 73 20 42 75 6E 6E 79 2C 20 74 68 |. Bugs Bunny, th| 00000C20: 65 20 70 72 69 6E 63 69 70 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 70 |e principle of p| 00000C30: 65 72 76 65 72 73 65 6E 65 73 73 2E 20 57 69 6C |erverseness. Wil| 00000C40: 6C 69 65 20 53 75 74 74 6F 6E 2E 00 54 68 65 20 |lie Sutton..The | 00000C50: 66 6F 75 72 20 68 6F 72 73 65 6D 65 6E 20 6F 66 |four horsemen of| 00000C60: 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 6F 63 61 6C 79 70 73 65 2D | the apocalypse-| 00000C70: 2D 61 62 72 69 6C 6C 69 61 6E 74 20 69 6D 61 67 |-abrilliant imag| 00000C80: 65 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6E 74 65 78 74 |e in the context| 00000C90: 20 6F 66 20 57 65 73 74 65 72 6E 20 63 69 76 69 | of Western civi| 00000CA0: 6C 69 7A 61 74 69 6F 6E 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 74 65 |lization..You te| 00000CB0: 6C 6C 20 52 61 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 |ll Ray that you | 00000CC0: 77 61 6E 74 20 74 6F 20 68 61 6E 67 20 75 70 20 |want to hang up | 00000CD0: 66 6F 72 20 6E 6F 77 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 68 65 61 |for now. You hea| 00000CE0: 72 20 61 20 63 6C 69 63 6B 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 |r a click on the| 00000CF0: 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 65 6E 64 20 6F 66 20 74 68 | other end of th| 00000D00: 65 20 6C 69 6E 65 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 |e line. You are | 00000D10: 69 6E 20 61 20 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 62 6F 6F 74 68 |in a phone booth| 00000D20: 20 68 6F 6C 64 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 63 | holding the rec| 00000D30: 65 69 76 65 72 2E 00 45 63 63 6C 65 73 69 61 73 |eiver..Ecclesias| 00000D40: 74 65 73 20 49 58 3A 34 2D 2D 22 41 20 4C 49 56 |tes IX:4--"A LIV| 00000D50: 49 4E 47 20 44 4F 47 20 49 53 20 42 45 54 54 45 |ING DOG IS BETTE| 00000D60: 52 20 54 48 41 4E 20 41 20 44 45 41 44 20 4C 49 |R THAN A DEAD LI| 00000D70: 4F 4E 22 2D 2D 69 73 20 6F 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 6D |ON"--is one of m| 00000D80: 79 20 66 61 76 6F 72 69 74 65 20 68 6F 6D 69 6C |y favorite homil| 00000D90: 69 65 73 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 69 74 27 73 |ies because it's| 00000DA0: 20 62 6F 74 68 20 73 74 75 70 69 64 20 61 6E 64 | both stupid and| 00000DB0: 20 70 72 6F 66 6F 75 6E 64 2E 00 22 54 57 41 53 | profound.."TWAS| 00000DC0: 20 42 52 49 4C 4C 49 47 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 54 48 | BRILLIG, AND TH| 00000DD0: 45 20 53 4C 49 54 48 59 20 54 4F 56 45 53 22 20 |E SLITHY TOVES" | 00000DE0: 49 6E 20 74 68 69 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6C 69 |In this first li| 00000DF0: 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 22 4A 61 62 62 65 72 77 6F 63 |ne of "Jabberwoc| 00000E00: 6B 79 22 20 43 61 72 72 6F 6C 6C 20 64 65 70 69 |ky" Carroll depi| 00000E10: 63 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 75 6E 64 65 72 6C 79 69 |cts the underlyi| 00000E20: 6E 67 20 74 65 72 72 6F 72 20 61 6E 64 20 77 6F |ng terror and wo| 00000E30: 6E 64 65 72 20 6F 66 20 6F 75 72 20 76 61 72 69 |nder of our vari| 00000E40: 6F 75 73 20 6F 72 64 65 72 73 2E 00 22 43 41 4C |ous orders.."CAL| 00000E50: 4C 20 4D 45 20 49 53 48 4D 41 45 4C 22 20 73 61 |L ME ISHMAEL" sa| 00000E60: 79 73 20 74 68 65 20 6E 61 72 72 61 74 6F 72 20 |ys the narrator | 00000E70: 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 67 69 6E 6E 69 6E 67 |at the beginning| 00000E80: 20 6F 66 20 4D 6F 62 79 2D 44 69 63 6B 2C 20 61 | of Moby-Dick, a| 00000E90: 6E 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 69 6D |nd with this sim| 00000EA0: 70 6C 65 20 61 70 70 65 61 6C 20 4D 65 6C 76 69 |ple appeal Melvi| 00000EB0: 6C 6C 65 20 65 6E 73 75 72 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 |lle ensures the | 00000EC0: 72 65 61 64 65 72 27 73 20 61 63 63 65 70 74 61 |reader's accepta| 00000ED0: 6E 63 65 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 6F 6F 6B 27 |nce of the book'| 00000EE0: 73 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 61 6C 6C 65 67 6F 72 79 |s great allegory| 00000EF0: 2E 00 50 6F 70 65 27 73 20 22 45 73 73 61 79 20 |..Pope's "Essay | 00000F00: 6F 6E 20 4D 61 6E 22 20 65 6E 64 73 20 77 69 74 |on Man" ends wit| 00000F10: 68 2C 20 22 41 4E 44 20 41 4C 4C 20 4F 55 52 20 |h, "AND ALL OUR | 00000F20: 4B 4E 4F 57 4C 45 44 47 45 20 49 53 2C 20 4F 55 |KNOWLEDGE IS, OU| 00000F30: 52 53 45 4C 56 45 53 20 54 4F 20 4B 4E 4F 57 22 |RSELVES TO KNOW"| 00000F40: 2D 2D 61 20 6C 69 6E 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 65 6E |--a line that en| 00000F50: 63 6F 75 72 61 67 65 73 20 62 6F 74 68 20 68 75 |courages both hu| 00000F60: 6D 69 6C 69 74 79 20 61 6E 64 20 73 6F 6C 69 70 |mility and solip| 00000F70: 73 69 73 6D 2E 00 53 68 61 6B 65 73 70 65 61 72 |sism..Shakespear| 00000F80: 65 20 77 72 6F 74 65 20 6E 6F 74 68 69 6E 67 20 |e wrote nothing | 00000F90: 6C 6F 76 65 6C 69 65 72 20 74 68 61 6E 20 54 68 |lovelier than Th| 00000FA0: 65 20 50 68 6F 65 6E 69 78 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 |e Phoenix and th| 00000FB0: 65 20 54 75 72 74 6C 65 2E 20 49 20 74 68 69 6E |e Turtle. 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AS..N..._...THIS IS THE QUESTION SPACE. .RAY SAYS, "ALL RIGHT. NOW I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. ALSO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT PARTICULAR AUTHORS OR LITERARY WORKS, JUST ASK ABOUT THEM, AN D I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.".THE WOMAN IN RED--HAIR, LIPS, DRESS, FINGERNAILS, SHO ES--AND HER RED LAUGHTER..MY FAVORITE WR ITER, G.B. SHAW, WROTE MY FAVORITE PLAY, ST. JOAN..TO BE A NICE PERSON-IS IT OR IS IT NOT A LAUDABLE AMBITION?.A BLACK R OBE AND TWO BIG NAVEL ORANGES--IT WAS A PERFECT DISGUISE!.I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ... NOW LISTEN: BOO! DID I SCARE YOU?.TH E HEAVY RAIN THAT TURNED THE GUTTERS INT O FAST-FLOWING STREAMS AND THE POTHOLES INTO LAKES..MARY--SHE SLEEPS LESS THAN F IVE HOURS A DAY AND'S ALWAYS FRESH AS A DAISY..MY NAME IS RAY, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO MEET YOU..MY HAIR IS WHITE, LIKE GAU ZE, LIKE MARSHMALLOW TOPPING. MY SKIN? - - WELL, I'M WHAT YOU'D CALL A WHITE MAN. .HE LIKED TO LIE STILL IN TOTAL DARKNESS AND LISTEN TO MUSIC WITH HIS INNER BODY ..WE'RE ALL TERMINALLY ILL. SICKNESS IS MERELY A FACTOR, LIKE MONEY..JAPANESE, I TALIAN, FRENCH, CHINESE, AND OTHER EAST ASIAN (THAI, KOREAN, PHILIPPINE, ETCETER A), MIDDLE EASTERN--WHEN YOU`RE HUNGRY, EVERYTHING`S GOOD..BLUE IS MY FAVORITE C OLOR..YUM! ICE CREAM--IT MAKES ME HAPPY, TOO! .WHAT DO I WANT TO SEE IF I GO ANY WHERE? PAINTINGS, THEATER, AND ARCHITECT URE..FAVORITE FILMS? KING KONG, FANTASIA , CITIZEN KANE..I TOLD YOU--MY FAVORITE PLAY IS ST. JOAN..MOBY DICK, TARZAN, AND GRAPES OF WRATH ARE MY FAVORITE BOOKS. I ALSO LOVE THE STORIES OF HEMINGWAY AND POE..MANY OF MY EARLY STORIES WERE PUBL ISHED IN THE MAGAZINE WEIRD TALES IN THE EARLY THIRTIES AND FORTIES..MY LOVE AFF AIR WITH DINOSAURS HAS LASTED AS LONG AS MY AFFAIR WITH MARS..AT ALL TIMES, BECA USE EVERYBODY'S FAMOUS--AVE ATQUE VALE.I T VARIES--SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE BUYING A ND SOMETIMES LIKE THROWING AWAY..WHEN AL L IS QUIET, AND I SENSE I'M JUST A PIECE ..BEFORE A SILENCE ENDS, YET SOMEHOW I K NOW IT'S ENDING..I TOLD THE LIE IN ORDER TO CONCEAL MYSELF, BUT WHERE DOES THE R OAD LEAD? .I USED TO BE INTERESTED IN PS YCHOLOGY, BUT AFTER A WHILE THE WORD LOS ES MEANING. .AFTER A COUPLE OF DRINKS WI TH A HAPPY GROUP OF COMPATIBLE SOULS..IN THE MORNING, WHEN A FRESH WIND BLOWS TH ROUGH MY WINDOW AND THE LEAVES DANCE..AN YTIME THE CLOCK STRIKES, WHEN YOU HEAR S LEIGHBELLS..A KID I KNOW, HE SAW A MOVIE EIGHTEEN TIMES, EACH TIME WITH A DIFFER ENT FRIEND, AND HE CAN NAME THE FRIENDS IN ORDER..I WAS BORN ON AUGUST 22, 1920. .FOR ME, THE FIRST THIRD OF THE DAY--MID NIGHT TIL EIGHT AM BELONGS TO SLEEP..I G ET IDEAS WHEN I READ POETRY OR ESSAYS, O R LISTEN TO PEOPLE POP NOTIONS OUT OF TH EIR MOUTHS, ALL UNAWARE..AT TWELVE NOON, I EAT LUNCH..FROM THE TIME OF NAPOLEON TO OUR TIME, THREE INVENTIONS ALONE HAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE--THE TELEGRAPH, L OCOMOTIVES AND RAILROADS, AND THE MACHIN E GUN..IT WAS IN THE THIRTIES THAT I WOR KED AS A NEWSBOY SO I WOULD HAVE TIME TO WRITE..SINCE 1923, WHEN I FIRST WENT TO THE MOVIES. I REMEMBER THE TERRIBLE GES TURING HAND IN THE CAT AND THE CANARY..I N 1947 I PUBLISHED MY FIRST BOOK..LEIF E RICSON, FINDING AMERICA. A SPACE-WALKING SCHOLAR. BUGS BUNNY, THE PRINCIPLE OF P ERVERSENESS. WILLIE SUTTON..THE FOUR HOR SEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE--ABRILLIANT IMAG E IN THE CONTEXT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION ..YOU TELL RAY THAT YOU WANT TO HANG UP FOR NOW. YOU HEAR A CLICK ON THE OTHER E ND OF THE LINE. YOU ARE IN A PHONE BOOTH HOLDING THE RECEIVER..ECCLESIASTES IX:4 --"A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LI ON"--IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOMILIES BECA USE IT'S BOTH STUPID AND PROFOUND.."TWAS BRILLIG, AND THE SLITHY TOVES" IN THIS FIRST LINE OF "JABBERWOCKY" CARROLL DEPI CTS THE UNDERLYING TERROR AND WONDER OF OUR VARIOUS ORDERS.."CALL ME ISHMAEL" SA YS THE NARRATOR AT THE BEGINNING OF MOBY -DICK, AND WITH THIS SIMPLE APPEAL MELVI LLE ENSURES THE READER'S ACCEPTANCE OF T HE BOOK'S GREAT ALLEGORY..POPE'S "ESSAY ON MAN" ENDS WITH, "AND ALL OUR KNOWLEDG E IS, OURSELVES TO KNOW"--A LINE THAT EN COURAGES BOTH HUMILITY AND SOLIPSISM..SH AKESPEARE WROTE NOTHING LOVELIER THAN TH E PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE. I THINK THAT M Y FAVORITE QUOTES ARE: "GIVE EVERY MAN T HY EAR, BUT FEW THY VOICE.", "LOOK, HOW MY RING ENCOMPASSETH THY FINGER.", AND. "NOTHING COMES AMISS, SO MONEY COMES WIT HAL.".IT WAS WILLIAM BLAKE WHO SAID, "SO ME ARE BORN TO SWEET DELIGHT. SOME ARE B ORN TO ENDLESS NIGHT." 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