Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs
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Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
This is forbidden, of course, so he has to do it at night, when no one can see him.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
But he's special, one of those rare geniuses that comes along once every hundred years.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
It's difficult.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
The written language bears little relation to the language they use to speak.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
It takes him his entire life, but he does it.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
He understands what the books say.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
He's been curious.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
It's been consuming him.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
What do the books say?
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
Are they proclamations?
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
Biographies?
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
Agricultural data.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
Grain yields of countless planets.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
A redundant backup for some minor accountant.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
The translator, this historical genius, dies on the spot without letting any other custodian know he has a heart attack.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
No, he dies of shock.
Conversations with Ghosts
1.07 - The Science-Fiction Writer
It's a heart attack.