I can't believe how prolific a writer he is... he is the Edgar Allan Poe of our day. I LOVE how he can take a story and make three or four separate sub-stories all come together in a neat bundle at the end.
Great description, SC. That's exactly what I was trying to convey when I started this thread, but couldn't phrase it quite as well as you just did .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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