Cosmic Despair: An Essay

September 8, 2014

It probably says something about me that the cover to “Cosmic Despair” makes me giggle.

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Rob

10 years ago

Is it bad that the cover couldn’t even work in a full drop on that last one into the moon/bowl thingie?

(And yes, “thingie”. It’s a highly technical term.)

Tia

10 years ago

Reply to Rob

That was the first thing I noticed. Pure laziness, that.

Kris

10 years ago

What do you expect for an “essay”?

Waffles

10 years ago

Reply to Kris

100% of all the thingies is what I expect!

Kris

10 years ago

Reply to Waffles

WE DEMAND FULL THINGIES!!!

10 years ago

It’s sad to see PacMan has a drinking problem.

Ebony McKenna

10 years ago

Reply to L.

I’m just glad it’s only an essay. A whole novel on cosmic despair would make me so depressed.

john e. . .

10 years ago

Upon viewing this, other thingies, cosmic thingies, spoke to me.

Thus, I have this on offer. Not my best work. But that is not what the cosmos demanded.

DED

10 years ago

Reply to john e. . .

Ha!

James F. Brown

10 years ago

This book cover is The Chinese Water Torture.

Drip, drip, drip…

Kris

10 years ago

Because in China, water drips at an angle.

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