The new socialists seemed to be just tuning in, uttering empty words, doing as the others did, following them, not sticking out, “chameleonizing” to the environment and to a socialist way of life.

Stefania Chlouveraki, the project leader, stands at a long sorting table. She turns the colored fragments over and over in her fingertips. She fits each one into its place: a magnificent tableau of lions, crosses, pomegranate trees.

And especially my wife Patricia, who spent weeks tramping with me through Lovecraft country

After you've netsurfed around the world a few times, your imagination, creativity, and desire to participate in this phenomenon will come together […]