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Danse MacabreNOW!" we hear that voice, and our reaction is one of intense relief. The worst is now known; we are in the hands of an authentic madman. In this frame of mind, the destruction of THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT became an actual relief. No more Ronald McDonald! No more Gong Show or Soap on TV-just soothing snow! No more terrorists! No more bullshit.' Only the Gordian knot unwinding there in the dust. I am suggesting that below the writer of the moral horror tale (whose feet, like those of Henry Jekyll, are "always treading the upward path") there lies another creature altogether. He lives, let us say, down there on Jack Finney's third level, arid he is a capering nihilist who, to extend the Jekyll-Hyde metaphor, is not content to tread over the tender bones of one screaming little girl but in this case feels it necessary to do the funky chicken over the whole world. Yes, folks, in The Stand I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and it was fun! So where is morality now? Well, I'll give you my idea. I think it lies where it has always lain: in the hearts and minds of men and women of good will ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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