Mama’s stories were long and meandering, shaped like the snakes that live in trees and eat birds whole.
When civilization fell, June moved into the library.
apropos of nothin'
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RT @effinbirds
Bad news about Greg Bear, via Astrid Bear's FB: he's had a severe stroke, is unconscious and not expected to awaken, so in accordance with his living will they're withdrawing life support tomorrow.
Source: https://twitter.com/PaulLev/status/1594043576471539712 (It's on Twitter, so if you want to read the screencapped announcement, get in there quickly.)
“Sad news about Greg Bear (see FB post from Astrid). Among the many wonderful encounters I had w/ Greg: when I reviewed the Foundation prequel trilogy he wrote w/ Benford and Brin, I said, surprisingly, Bear's novel was the best. He wrote back quickly: "Why are you surprised"?”
“Then the spaceman took over the bird site so we all started tooting at the elephant place.”
“Oh…ok grandpa. Let’s get you back to bed.”
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