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...road, they can wade through a treasure cave of semiprecious stones - and even collect a bagful. Information: Near the town center. Aquarium $3.50 for kids; Scratch Patch entrance free, gem bag from $10; www.aquarium.co.za London: Trocadero A kids' mall with shops, cafés, cinemas and two floors of Funland, with bowling, Sports Bar (TV screens and American pool), kiddie rides and seaside-style arcade attractions that combine old (wheel of fortune, pinball and dodgems) and new (video games, dancing stage, virtual-reality roller coasters and trips to space). Or you can sit quietly and let a computer draw your...
...LONDON: TROCADERO A kids' mall with shops, caf?s, cinemas and two floors of Funland, with bowling, Sports Bar (TV screens and American pool), kiddie rides and seaside-style arcade attractions that combine old (wheel of fortune, pinball and dodgems) and new (video games, dancing stage, virtual-reality roller coasters and trips to space). Or you can sit quietly and let a computer draw your portrait. information: Coventry Street, Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly Underground station). Bowling $9 per person, pool $1.50, VR ride $3 for two people; www.londontrocadero.com
...best of the stories, "Giant Strawberry Funland," features Abel, a high-school loser and would-be rebel stuck in a strict, conventional rural town. While his crude older brother tries to save the family's strawberry farm by turning it into a theme park, Abel sneaks away and reminisces about his frustrated relationship with a cute alty-girl who moved away. With no central gimmick to distract him, Ollmann fleshes out Abel and his world with thoughtful details like the way Abel's mother "used to laugh more when we were little but she wears her hair pulled tightly...
...even house all undergrads here, eliminating all complaints about campus unity. The entire House system as well as Sever, Emerson, Robinson and Harvard Halls could then be converted into a more profitable enterprise, such as an amusement park/wax museum/go-cart track. It could have a catchy name such as "Harvard Funland," "Brown University" or something wacky like that...
...MODERN state makes order out of all things. Passion gives way to reason, chaos to structure. Play, to the extent there is such a thing, is to be regulated. Disneyland is the supreme expression of this ethic. In that pre-fabricated funland, the funhouse attendant can tell you exactly how long you will be waiting before you are allowed to enter. Even fun can be planned right down to the last second...