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Gregory Blecha's rare fusion of brilliance, heart, and humor comes to life in this satirical novel that defies genre by simultaneously managing to be a moving and unadulterated love story.
The narrative style evokes Kim Stanley Robinson's futuristic sci-fi classic Pacific Edge and its... read more
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“Instantly I see how wrong I was in the moments I doubted you, and in the moments I relied on you, I see your reservoirs of strength were infinitely more deep. As you brush the hair from your eyes I see the fingers I longed to kiss, the cheeks I longed to caress, the lips I longed to press to mine. Your eyes suffuse with water, and so do mine.How could it be the end of the world if such love survives?Men have empires; nations have tyrants; the earth has pestilence and disasters. These are vapors to us. We have but one thing, and it lasts forever. Praise God.”
Bryan
First Sentence edit
We were staying at the Amish, so of course there was no air conditioning.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1: A Day in Las Vegas
Chapter 2: What Not to Say, and When Not to Say It
Chapter 3: Never Be Too Far From a Beautiful Woman
Chapter 4: Shirts and Skins
Chapter 5: If It Only Has One String, It’s Probably Not a Musical Instrument
Chapter 6: How to Cheer Up a Nihilist
Chapter 7: Bomb Crazy
Chapter 8: Proving I Love Her by How Many Women I Resist
Chapter 9: Knowing Where You Want to Be, During an Apocalypse
Chapter 10: A Day Only Poe Could Pen
Chapter 11: A Shower Doesn’t Clean Everything
Chapter 12: The Irresistible Demise
Chapter 13: The End of the World
Appendix
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- Ontogeny recapitulates philogeny: A discredited biological theory asserting that the formation of the human fetus in the womb is patterned after the appearance of increasingly complex species - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recapitulation_theory
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- Gregory Blecha (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: iUniverse
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2/15/2005
ISBN: 0595792642
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: iUniverse
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2/15/2005
ISBN: 0595792642
Page Count: Add the page count.
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- Dewey: 813
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