tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post2833369812705386861..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Fragment No. 1Loren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-69706931378193744342009-06-16T21:08:41.600-04:002009-06-16T21:08:41.600-04:00I think Christopher is probably going to stay a fr...I think Christopher is probably going to stay a fragment for the time being, but that's a good idea. It reminds of a Robert Sheckley story I just read called "The Language of Love." A guy leaves a girl who's crazy in love with him in order to study an alien tongues for decades so that he properly express just how he feels about her. Irony ensues.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-52651100361854732632009-06-16T20:01:43.920-04:002009-06-16T20:01:43.920-04:00That whole actuality thing is where situations get...That whole actuality thing is where situations get sticky. But that could be kind of fun. Force Christopher into a sealed situation with his Anti-Woman, or with his Perfect Woman or Both! And force him to grips that Perfection is an absurd abstraction and individuals are never merely single layered objects.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-86235477964514000972009-06-16T19:48:37.111-04:002009-06-16T19:48:37.111-04:00That is very likely true. He's probably infatu...That is very likely true. He's probably infatuated with the idea more than the actuality.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-52649759841393162282009-06-16T19:20:12.627-04:002009-06-16T19:20:12.627-04:00Christopher like to think about women. I don't...Christopher like to think about women. I don't know that Christopher likes women as people.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-41211101815722989392009-06-16T18:35:39.505-04:002009-06-16T18:35:39.505-04:00Christopher doesn't have much luck with women....Christopher doesn't have much luck with women. He is also given to hyperbole.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-64943014815585715002009-06-16T17:30:41.485-04:002009-06-16T17:30:41.485-04:00Christopher doesn't know many women, does he?Christopher doesn't know many women, does he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com