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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Materials for Moon voyage piece

Anon  late 9th - early 10th century  The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
     Moon princess, banished to Earth as a baby, returns to the Moon accompanied by an entourage of Moon people. 

Polish folklore  Pan Twardowski 
     Twardowski is dropped onto the Moon while being taken by the Devil to Hell. He continues to live on the Moon, allowing his companion, a spider, to descend from time to time to Earth on a thread.  






Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Anagramaniacal Opening Lines

Lolita, light of my life...  ...might fail to yell "Foil!"...  ...or opt to yell "Epee!" -- she's just that unpredic...