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Henry Miller is a man of serious concerns as a writer, serious enough to find all lesser concerns humorous. In a civilization in which artists have taken over from religious leaders the function of conscience to the world, one of the prophets. He belongs with a number of great modern...
But Miller does not linger tediously on these points. He is not a social reformer; his concern is with the individual soul. Modern civilization is, of necessity, his antagonist; but his interest is not a topical one. He knows too well the illusion of political and cultural utopias for which...
Almost certainly not, and to count on it would be a dangerous illusion for the West. China is so vast that no calamity can encompass the whole of it. While food is short everywhere, some provinces are far better off than others. Though most factories are badly run, all are...
The loudspeakers are to be heard, seen; Bruce has hidden his speakers hind a bamboo screen (which is acoustically transparent, of course). The illusion is perfect. Sound comes from the whole width of the basement, and it has prising depth as well.
When we did look behind the curtain reasons for this perfect illusion became evident. The two KLH's stand in the corners of the cellar, about 20 feet apart. (The third-channel speaker is between them, but Bruce tells us it wasn't in use when we were listening.) The...