RIP to a brilliant writer. The Hyperion Cantos is among the greatest works of sci fi I've ever read, and Carrion Comfort is probably the most genuinely frightening book I've ever read.
Trying to explain Wario to my 5 + 3yos and failing. They ask if he is Mario but bad, and I answer more like the doppelgรคnger of German myth. But not quite. Still, my boys sense a profound enigma close at hand, a splinter in the mind, madness and truth dancing a jester's waltz...
Grinch: I would like to buy a dog
Pet store employee: ok are you a guy?
Grinch: No. I am some sort of gorilla
Pet store employee: That is fine.
Grinch: A green gorilla
Employee: Doesnโt matter
So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciatesโ scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friendโs or relativeโs accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated , uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the โmost wealthy person in the world.โ