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It is Larry Send a noteboard - 23/11/2011 10:45:56 PM
Whitehead's novel uses them as a metaphor for vapid materialistic society today. Oh well, maybe next time.


That the review you linked to sounded very interesting and made me want to read the book, and then this completely dissolved such thoughts?


Especially considering that just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it doesn't affect the reader. Too many people dismiss things out of hand or because they take one observation and extrapolate too much from it.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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I found it at Abebooks for $15 total Larry - 22/11/2011 06:10:16 AM 915 Views
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Sounds terrifying. *NM* Aeryn - 23/11/2011 02:30:09 PM 324 Views
Terrifying? Larry - 23/11/2011 10:43:38 PM 767 Views
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Nothing horrible like that Larry - 24/11/2011 10:24:08 AM 714 Views
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