Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
I Blame John Steinbeck
Cheap RV Living. Some interesting stuff, but I can't see it for extended periods of time. I blame John Steinbeck.
Steinbeck's camper, Rocinante, is on display in the Steinback Center in Salinas. It looked mighty cramped for an old guy traveling cross-country. Of course, Steinbeck's son thinks "Travels with Charley" was a load of bull, and that his dad didn't travel half the distance he claimed.
Steinbeck's camper, Rocinante, is on display in the Steinback Center in Salinas. It looked mighty cramped for an old guy traveling cross-country. Of course, Steinbeck's son thinks "Travels with Charley" was a load of bull, and that his dad didn't travel half the distance he claimed.
ReplyDeleteI did not know it was still in existence. I wonder if we can blame Steinbeck for RV's like we can blame Clarke for eco-tourism...
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