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Word: weatherless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...collective memories. The great fear is that of being stranded in a void, of being so alone that one's very existence is in doubt. As Miss Frame expresses it in the poetry that threads the novel: "It is the company of weather I crave in this weatherless room/the thermometer reads me only." In the Waipori of the future, the problem of establishing existence would be even more terrifying. If a plastic tree topples into the vinyl grass, does it make a sound if the forest is not electronically bugged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Back to Nightmare | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

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