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I'm rereading Childhood's End now due to the
fact that I'm in the process of writing a
long article or review for the website of the
radical bookstore where I volunteer.

Actually, the piece doesn't really say that
much about Childhood's End because it's more
focused on making a case for the realization
of Teilhard de Chardin's idea of the noosphere
as the internet... so that's why I'm delving
back into CE in order to beef up that connection.
It has to do with the concept of evolution
moving from the physical to the psychic and
spiritual level, a kind of synergistic melding
of mind or soul. The question that it raises
is the idea that perfect love is required for
it to work.. which is an idea that comes out
of Catholic theology. I try to work through
that idea and move into other ways of thinking
on it as well. Also...

I just finished Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, a great
read.

Ursula K LeGuin's book Lavinia is also a wonderful
book written as the autobiography of Aeneas'
second wife. I did along piece on that book for
the website, too.. I was so inspired.

Sue