[lbo-talk] Terry Bisson makes a passing comment about Pacifica Doug will appreciate

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jul 30 19:37:38 PDT 2010


On Jul 30, 2010, at 10:14 PM, Gar Lipow wrote:


> Terry Bisson (whose "Fire on the Mountain" I consider the greatest
> alternate world Science Fiction story ever written) has a very fun
> read out "The Left Left Behind" with PM press. It is a satire on the
> "Left Behind" series the world becomes a much better place without
> the people who are raptured. So this is how the rapture is reported
> on Pacifica in this light hearted fantasy: ".. without the heads of
> state. The new Secretary General of the United Nations, Vlad, has
> declared a new World Government. And now for ten hours of
> uninterrupted harmonica music played by chimpanzees".

Ha. Or, as a friend once suggested, they could always feature hours of Peruvian nose flute music.



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