To paraphrase a Minnesotan star of radio and print: "It's been a quiet week in Lake Wo...er, here at the Speculist." Therefore, this week's quiz is a short-answer essay. Please write a short persuasive paragraph (in the Comments section) on the following theme:
"I think the idea of Speculist University, especially as envisioned in this week's All Hail, Old Spec. U! entry, is..."
Responses will be evaluated for completeness of thought, constructiveness of criticism, and how well they demonstrate that the author has read and understood the relevant entries.
Bonus Points will be awarded for creatively including cows and / or moose into your essay.
Penalty Points will be assessed for any reference, direct or otherwise, to the following: Flying Squirrels, Wossamotta U., Frostbite Falls, or Pottsylvania.
Posted by Michael S. Sargent at November 14, 2003 12:10 AM | TrackBack...is INCOMPLETE! Phil GROSSLY overlooks the extensions his program would undertake given all the wonderful nanoshots and cryolidays we're all stashing our money for.
Our speculism is so infantile now! Provisions must be made for our posterity (which includes sentient digital images of ourselves). I for one look forward to founding the Department of Societology (Sociology I will leave to the wanna-dies at Harvard). Look out for generous donations to the Wing when my bookproxy.com reaches global domination.
Societology will study the phenomena of society as a specimen, with clines and phylum encompassing all from greek polis' to Zamyatin's 'We' utopia. Students who wish to seek further education after completing the required courses in this program can move on, after 1400 years of work-study (700 of which are spent cataloguing a risen and fallen society of their choice) to the Civilizatiology tract.
NOTE: Admittance suspended while variant examples of civilization are pending discovery.
Posted by: Stephen Yeago at November 14, 2003 01:42 PMOkay, Steve, you're the Dean of Societology.
And hokey smokes, Mike, what's the point of writing an essay if you can't mention a flying squirrel? If I may, here's a snippet from Chapter Four of Stillness that may shed some light.
"Hello, gentlemen," said Pasha, sounding quite pleased with himself. "May I present to you Meester Reuben Stone of the United States of America."
They turned and looked at Reuben. Now it was obvious: he had seen two of the guys at the gate before. And now, seated in front of the fire were two men Reuben had never seen before, along with the Czar and Comrades Mikhail Barishnikov and Boris Badinov.Posted by: Phil at November 16, 2003 07:58 AM
Glad to see you've returned to glorious worker's paridise, Fearless Leader!
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