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 Those
familiar with Douglas Adams’ series that began with Dirk Gently’s
Holistic Detective Agency will know that what sets Dirk Gently apart
from other sleuths is his unswerving belief in the “funda mental
interconnectedness of all things”. Bikwil shares that conviction.
Hence our new experiment, which we call Stepping Stones.
Participants
are invited to write an essay linking several assorted subjects. Usually
these would be five to seven famous people, but they could be places or
events. The links might be tenuous but should be factual, and in the
interest of Bikwilian informality there can be expatiatory digressions.
The
crucial principle is that, while each subject has something in common
with the next, each successive pair enjoys a different link from that of
the previous pair. For example, A and B might share the same birthdate,
but B and C don’t – their connection is that they each wrote a poem
called Waves. D mightn’t be a poet but, like C, she is blind. E
isn’t blind but he once met Albert Einstein at a party, as did D. Etc.,
etc.
From
Virgil to Velikovsky
has our first attempt at this, but it’s your turn now. Show off your
trivial knowledge again, without dice or wedges. Feel free to choose
your own topics. As usual, no prizes.
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