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Sean Batman
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October 2015
The spring of 1988
My new novel - Retro Ray - is set in October 1988. The big question is where were you in '88? For some, they hadn't even been thought of. For others - '88 means a great deal. It means Bicentenary. It means Expo ‘88. It means Regan and Gorby at each other’s throats and potential nuclear war! But on a lighter note, it means Rick Astley, Kylie Monogue, INXS, Amiga computers, Powell Peralta, Vision Ga
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“Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure.”
― Streams of Silver
― Streams of Silver
“When you start thinking about what your life was like 10 years ago--and not in general terms, but in highly specific detail--it's disturbing to realize how certain elements of your being are completely dead. They die long before you do. It's astonishing to consider all the things from your past that used to happen all the time but (a) never happen anymore, and (b) never even cross your mind. It's almost like those things didn't happen. Or maybe it seems like they just happened to someone else. To someone you don't really know. To someone you just hung out with for one night, and now you can't even remember her name.”
― Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
― Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
