Arthur Koestler’s “Memoirs of a Tightrope Walker”, from The God That Failed.
An adaptation of a portion of this 1950 essay runs throughout my new graphic novel, Angie Bongiolatti. Above is the seven page sequence that opens the book.
I just read this…(in the book)
Luddites have challenged progress at every crux point in human history. The only thing new is now they’re in vogue, and all our icons are iconoclasts. So it follows here that optimism is the new subversion. It’s daring to care. The time is fit for us to dream again.
I appreciate this writer’s sentiment. Yes. Let’s dream. If my Tumblr community is any indication of the future of the genre, I’d say we’re in good hands. Or good minds.
On a self-debuting note, I’d like to also add that my own science fiction novel, still in the works (working out the kinks in the world-building), is based on this very premise of dreaming again. Can’t wait to share more as it develops!
Eclipse of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 by Ippolito Caffi.
Clouds over sunset in Lazise on July 13, 2017 by me
Only 175 years, 5 days and 124 km apart
This photo of Saturn was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 22 October 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 1365 million kilometres from Earth.
Credit: NASA
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