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Goodreads asked James Field:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

James Field The biggest mystery in my life is life itself. To believe that even a simple flowering plant is the result of coincidence is like believing an iPad just happened to assemble from dust on the moon and drop to Earth. We throw stinking manure on a flower's roots and the plant transforms it into the most delightful perfume. What kind of intelligence lies within the plant? And what kind of intelligence lies behind the universe and every creation within?
I don't claim to have the answer, but I wrote a short story, 'The Professor's conundrum', with this mystery as the plot.

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