The Geecologist

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale

May 20, 2017 | Fiction | 0 comments

All those women having jobs: hard to imagine, now, but thousands of them had jobs, millions. It was considered the normal thing. Now it’s like remembering the paper money, when they still had that. My mother kept some of it, pasted into her scrapbook along with...
Constitutional Project for Corsica – 1765

Constitutional Project for Corsica – 1765

Nov 23, 2013 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

“The island of Corsica, being incapable of growing rich in money, should try to grow rich in men. The power derived from population is more real than that derived from finance, and is more certain in its effects. Since the use of manpower cannot be concealed...
Cry, The Beloved Country

Cry, The Beloved Country

Jun 29, 2009 | Fiction | 0 comments

– I’ve spoken to Mary, he said to me. She and I agree that it’s more important to speak the truth than to make money. Harrison laughed at that, but cut himself short, remembering the sadness of the occasion. My son John was there, he said, looking at...
Cry, The Beloved Country

Cry, The Beloved Country

Jun 22, 2009 | Fiction | 0 comments

Because the white man has power, we too want power, he said. But when a black man gets power, when he gets money, he is a great man if he is not corrupted. I have seen it often. He seeks power and money to put right what is wrong, and when he gets them, why, he enjoys...