Here, in the company of the mindless trees, the free-flying… - Norman Spinrad

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Here, in the company of the mindless trees, the free-flying birds, the bugs and frogs that passed from stimulus directly to response without the interval of consciousness between, did I hope to lose myself in the living mandala of evolution’s less self-tortured forms.

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Norman Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic.

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Alternative Names: Norman Richard Spinrad

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