![]() ![]() It could even be a story about The Great Pneumonia Epidemic of ’09. Or it could be a story of how a whole kingdom suddenly saw the benefits of the ‘new clothes’, and developed an enthusiasm for healthy sports in a lively and refreshing atmosphere which got many new adherents every year, and led to a recession caused by the collapse of the conventional clothing industry. Or The Story of the Whole Crowd Who Were Rounded Up by the Guards and Told ‘This Didn’t Happen, OK? Does Anyone Want to Argue?’ Then you have The Story of the Emperor Who Had No Clothes.īut if you knew a bit more, it would be The Story of the Boy Who Got a Well-Deserved Thrashing from His Dad for Being Rude to Royalty, and Was Locked Up. And suppose a little boy pointed out this fact in a loud, clear voice … Supposing an emperor was persuaded to wear a new suit of clothes whose material was so fine that, to the common eye, the clothes weren’t there. Events that start in different places and different times all bear down on that one tiny point in space-time, which is the perfect moment. ![]() Nine-tenths of the universe, in fact, is the paperwork.Īnd if you want the story, then remember that a story does not unwind. It is unaccounted for because it is doing the accounting for the rest of it, and you cannot see the back of your own head. Every atom has its biography, every star its file, every chemical exchange its equivalent of the inspector with a clipboard. Nine-tenths of the universe is the knowledge of the position and direction of everything in the other tenth. *** - Thief of Time (Terry Pratchett) | Read books online free without registration and downloading Terry Pratchett « Thief of Time» Subject: Comic Fantasy/Science-fiction ***įor something to exist, it has to be observed.įor something to exist, it has to have a position in time and space.Īnd this explains why nine-tenths of the mass of the universe is unaccounted for.
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