The wonders of nature, she learned, from wing of bee to son… - James Morrow

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The wonders of nature, she learned, from wing of bee to sonar of bat to eyeball of baby, were not so much perfect machines as adequate contraptions. If nature bespoke a mind, it was a confused and inchoate one, a mind incapable of locating the optic nerve on the correct side of the retina, a mind unable to accomplish much of anything without resort to jerry-building and extinction.

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James K. Morrow (born March 17, 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer.

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Alternative Names: James K. Morrow • James Kenneth Morrow

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