“Do not try to harm the
Vegan. We will protect him.”
We sat there. She took one of my cigarettes and we sat
there smoking.
“…Hate you,” she said
after a time, “It should be easy, but I can’t.”
I said nothing.
“I’ve seen you many
times, swaggering in your Dress Blacks, drinking rum like water, confident of
something you never share, arrogant in your strength. –You’d fight your weight in anything that
moves, wouldn’t you?”
“Not red ants or
bumblebees.”
This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
This came
right around the time that I actually started getting into this book (about 70
pages in) and it is shaping up to be an interesting review week. I’m starting to really love how flippant
Conrad (or whatever his name is) can be in spite of the most serious goings on,
like contemplating the murder of an alien.
More
importantly, what would and wouldn’t you fight your weight in? I’m going
with Humans. I wouldn't want to fight those
things J
Flippant is an awesome word. Speaking of vegan and vegetarians, I will be needing your advice because after watching Food Inc. I have decided that I will try for a partial vegetarian diet. I love my meat but our countries food supply is scary...
ReplyDeleteWrong Vegan. Here Vegan = of Vega. We're talking aliens.
DeleteYou fight humans all the time. You just do it with your massive brain.
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