A lyrical prose poem about the alphabet

By evolvingthoughts on April 28, 2007.

This is a wonderful piece about a man in his late 50s learning to read. Medlar Comfits delivers again.

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PZ, Bora, Orac, John, and others have all put up posts about a list of the 50 most significant Science Fiction and Fantasy works of the last fifty years. As the reigning Geek-Lord of ScienceBlogs, I figured that I had to weigh in as well. Here's the list: the one's that I've read are bold-faced…

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