Frasi di James Morrow
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James Kenneth Morrow è un autore di fantascienza statunitense.

Morrow è nato e cresciuto nei sobborghi di Filadelfia. Ha frequentato la Abington High School dedicandosi nel tempo libero a produrre, insieme ai suoi amici, diversi corti cinematografici di genere fantasy. La sua passione per il romanzo satirico e filosofico deriva in buona parte dai romanzi che ha studiato nel corso di letteratura alle scuole superiori.

Dopo aver conseguito un BA alla university of Pennsylvania e master all'università di Harvard, Morrow ha trovato lavoro nel sistema scolastico dell'area di Boston come instructional materials specialist

Pubblica il suo primo romanzo Gli orrori di Quetzalia nel 1981. Tra le sue opere più note si segnala la trilogia chiamata Ultimo Viaggio di Dio . Il primo capitolo, L'ultimo viaggio di Dio , narra di come il corpo di Dio, di razza bianca, lungo due miglia e con la barba bianca, venga ritrovato nell'Oceano Atlantico. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. Marzo 1947
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James Morrow: Frasi in inglese

“When I destroyed my unwanted children, it was murder. When Yahweh did the same, it was eugenics. Do you approve of the universe, Ham?”

"Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" p. 11 (originally published in Full Spectrum, edited by Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy)
Short fiction, Bible Stories for Adults (1996)

“My own preliminary diagnosis is that I am out of my skull and getting farther from its vicinity every day.”

"Diary of a Mad Deity" p. 191 (originally published in Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 2, edited by George Zebrowski)
Short fiction, Bible Stories for Adults (1996)

“Those who can kill themselves do, and those who can’t, teach philosophy.”

Origine: The Philosopher's Apprentice (2008), Chapter 13 (p. 295)

“Her audacity turned him on. There was nobody quite so arousing, he decided, as a worthy opponent.”

James K. Morrow libro Towing Jehovah

Origine: Towing Jehovah (1994), Chapter 11, “War” (p. 298)

“To George, Overwhite still seemed like a windbag, but he was obviously a resourceful and intelligent one, a windbag woven of the finest material.”

Origine: This Is the Way the World Ends (1986), Chapter 14, “In Which the Nuclear Warriors have Their Day in Court” (p. 183)

“Burne was tough. Burne practiced archeology, the most inconvenient of the sciences.”

Origine: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 1 (p. 9)

“Smugness kills all utopias.”

Origine: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 1 (p. 12)

“A golden age, Londa calls it. She hopes it will return.”

“Golden ages rarely return,” I said “especially if they never existed.”
Origine: The Philosopher's Apprentice (2008), Chapter 16 (p. 366)

“Don’t believe everything you hear about hell. Next time you run into some anti-hell propaganda, consider the source.”

James K. Morrow libro Only Begotten Daughter

“You inflict eternal punishment on people,” Julie countered.
“Merely because it’s our job. And remember, we persecute only the guilty, which puts us one up on most other institutions.”
Origine: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 9 (p. 162)

“There’s something else, Beverly. I’m a minister of the Lord. This will be unusual for me, a kind of experiment.”

James K. Morrow libro Only Begotten Daughter

“I know all about it, Reverend. You folks do more experimenting than Princeton’s entire physics department.”
Origine: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 4 (p. 66)

“It must have been hard converting your elders in the Pentagon to this view.”

“Ever try stuffing a melted marshmallow up a wildcat’s ass? It can be done, but you have to like your job.”
Origine: This Is the Way the World Ends (1986), Chapter 13, “In Which the Prosecution’s Case Is Said to Be a Grin without a Cat” (p. 165)

“You want a motive, William? I’ve got a motive. Vengeance may not be a pretty word, but it’s what’s expected of us.”

“Right!” said Sverre. “We owe it to all those millions of dead people to make more millions of dead people. Be careful how you rewrite strategic doctrine, General, or you’ll come out of this war without a single medal.”
Origine: This Is the Way the World Ends (1986), Chapter 7, “In Which Our Hero Makes a Strategic Decision and Acquires a Reason Not to Curse God and Die” (p. 80)

“What do you want out of life, Francis Lostwax?”

Francis smiled. “To never hurt anybody again.” His lack of hesitation surprised him. “To feel clean.”
Origine: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 27 (p. 314)

“Talo, it would appear that our sons are growing up.”

She tut-tutted in mock solemnity. “And we always said, ‘It can’t happen here.’”
Origine: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 25 (p. 296)

“On your planet, how do you tell somebody that you love her?”

“It’s very complicated. You say, ‘I love you,’ and then you stand back and see what happens.”
Origine: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 9 (p. 112)

“In fact, there’s probably only one thing worse than not being able to understand a person.”

“What’s that?” asked Nimrod.
“Being able to understand him completely.”
"Bible Stories for Adults, No. 20: The Tower" p. 76 (originally published in Author’s Choice Monthly #8: Swatting at the Cosmos)
Short fiction, Bible Stories for Adults (1996)

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