Comments on: The Beast Cheap: Harlan Ellison Book https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/03/19/the-beast-cheap-harlan-ellison-book/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Christopher Winter https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/03/19/the-beast-cheap-harlan-ellison-book/#comment-854980 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:57:11 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=32739#comment-854980 “The Indonesians called it djam karet, the hour that stretches.”

Somewhat like our present moment, when coronavirus worries and the economic fallout make mere moments expand in consciousness. We may be living through a time similar to the one the late Harlan Ellison envisioned, when people of good will interpose themselves to avert a greater tragedy.

Yes, this is a fanciful observation. I am fond of fancy.

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