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Yoshimitsu himself is sitting on his heels but without the encumbrance of dice. Between the palms of his hands, he holds a small bottle of orange juice. From it a straw sticks out, connected to several other straws in a line, in such a way as to reach as far as his mouth.
...Smautf has calculated that in 1978 there would be two thousand one hundred and eighty-seven new members of the sect of The Three Free Men, and, assuming none of the older disciples dies, a total of three thousand two hundred and seventy-seven keepers of the faith. Then things would go much faster: by 2017, the nineteenth generation would run to more than a thousand million people. In 2020, the entire planet, and well beyond, would have been converted.
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Life: A User's Manual (The Good Parts)
FanfictionAll the good parts (and only the good parts) of "Life: A User's Manual," by Georges Perec (translated by David Bellos).
