tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post8714694642059282802..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: From My Third LifeRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-22488637617598060732007-12-24T20:50:00.000+01:002007-12-24T20:50:00.000+01:00I was talking with some friends the other week abo...I was talking with some friends the other week about "W. N. P. Barbellion"'s sad career. Somehow neither he himself nor H. G. Wells ever recognized his professional tragedy as that of a "naturalist" caught between an old and a new idea of science. Close observation in the wild gave him pleasure to the last; the professionalization of lab work -- "On my first arrival I was presented with a pen, ink, paper, ruler, and an enormous instrument of steel which on enquiry I found to be a paper cutter. I asked for my microscope and microtome." -- even at its best was comparatively unrewarding. Maybe they were too immersed in the transition to fully recognize it as such.Ray Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998321016748928251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-80313874149993102552007-12-12T01:44:00.000+01:002007-12-12T01:44:00.000+01:00By the way, those of you into the whole graphix no...By the way, those of you into the whole graphix novel thing should know that Schwob's life and works have been made <A HREF="http://www.bdparadisio.com/Albums/Capitain/capita.htm" REL="nofollow"><BR/>into a bande dessine </A> Just so you don't think LI is gettin' too esoteric or somethin'. No way!Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.com