I think that his [Kurt Vonnegut's] appeal, though, will always be chiefly to adolescents. His sense of the world matches that of young people, who feel deeply life's absurdity.
Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation. - Michael Dirda
Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation.
- Michael Dirda
I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years. - Michael Dirda
I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.
I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair on a rainy night? A hammock … - Michael Dirda
I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair on a rainy night? A hammock …
Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to follow t… - Michael Dirda
Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to follow t…
Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity. - Michael Dirda
Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity.
I am shocked that we seemed to have learned nothing, absolutely nothing, from Vietnam. - Michael Dirda
I am shocked that we seemed to have learned nothing, absolutely nothing, from Vietnam.
[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing, he wasn't showing off, he w… - Michael Dirda
[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing, he wasn't showing off, he w…
In PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein set out to showcase, in sometimes startling ways, the continuing relevance of a classic philo… - Michael Dirda
In PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein set out to showcase, in sometimes startling ways, the continuing relevance of a classic philo…
Throughout history the exemplary teacher has never been just an instructor in a subject; he is nearly always its living advertisement. - Michael Dirda
Throughout history the exemplary teacher has never been just an instructor in a subject; he is nearly always its living advertisement.
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