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remainder pile, a sporadic reprint, oblivion? Typically the afterlife
of a tale consists of gathering dust until the writer's heirs and assigns
shred it for packing nick-knacks and other writerly impedimenta. Not
quite the half-life of linoleum. And what of the loves, lives, hopes
and aspirations of its citizens? Must they float forever in a shimmering
noösphere playing whist and watching the flights of eidolons? Boring.
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The quote
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known," is the handiwork
of Carl Sagan,
astronomer (1934-1996). Dr. Sagan is reported to have said: "They laughed
at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed
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The Rob Hunter bio
With the onset of late middle age Rob Hunter
 is
the sole support of a 1999 Ford Escort and the despair of his young
wife. He does dishes, mows the lawn and keeps their Downeast Maine cottage
spotless by moving as little as possible. In a former life he was a
newspaper copy boy, railroad telegraph operator, recording engineer
and film editor. He spent the 70s and 80s as a Top-40 disc jockey. Rob's
wife, Bonnie, is the secretary at a nearby rural elementary school.
She is a gifted quilter who beguiled her new husband with the kaleidoscope
of patchwork geometry. The nearest town to the Hunters that anybody
is likely to have ever heard of—because of Stephen King’s The Langoliers—is
Bangor, Maine where there are real parking meters and a traffic light.
They drive down every six months or so to watch the light change and
see the trains come in. |
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for the onetinleg.com logo, “They All Look at Another Side,” is the
copyrighted work of the artist María de la Puente Bernardos and is used
by permission. |
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