Word: mad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while reading Dune, I realized that it was more than a brilliant revival of the Empire. Herbert had invented a complete universe, as mad and beautiful, inexplicable and frightening as this one. For a few magic moments there my own life seemed like a plausible fantasy, and Dune was real. Herbert's universe was a totality which stretched far beyond the ends of sight, an incredible system which could never be understood or explained. His characters survive by flashes of insight and prophecy, and when their intuition fails, they...
...Just Don't Get Him Mad...
...shrugged. "I don't know," he said. "Just don't get him mad...
...This mad sea shows his teeth tonight...
When seeking to make his great journey to the west, Columbus went to King John of Portugal, but was not granted any funds as King John thought Columbus mad. And yet he persevered. At last, he convinced Queen Isabella of Spain to finance his journey. With his three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean. It is interesting to point out that one-third of his crew was composed of teenagers, black and white, some as young as fourteen. The journey across the Atlantic is a long one. I have crossed that ocean...