80! - The Booklet of the Russell Hoban Some-Poasyum

80 at 80: 80 reasons why we’re celebrating Russell Hoban’s 80th birthday

75. Because he takes us to worlds beyond our dare.

76. Because his vistas protect us from our oansome Berstin Fyr.

77. Because he makes us a present of the really scary dreadful things beneath our reality.

78. Because he helps us meet danger by showing us our source of power.

79. Because he helps me live in my mind. 

Bryan Thalhammer specialises in the provision of learning activities delivered through instructor-led, traditional paper, and Web-based modules. Currently a consultant for Allstate Insurance, based in Chicago, Illinois, he has worked in academic, for-profit, and non-profit settings. His far-reaching interests include languages (English, Spanish), computing, science, and the Arts.

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80 at 80: 80 reasons why we’re celebrating Russell Hoban’s 80th birthday

80. Because Russell Hoban’s imagination made me real.   

The Kraken is the great cephalopod, ancient of the deeps, great thinking head in the blackness of the ultimate deeps. It is currently having trouble sleeping.

Illustration: Ruth Bosch




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