11: "I’ll bet you never had an adventure in your life."
12: "Night is irregular."
13: "Villiers said goodbye to Finch, Kuukkinen and Guillaume at Shiawassee Spaceport."
Book III: Masque World
1: "Castle Rock rises above the town, out of the town, a massive block, a monolith."
2: "In these days when any man can comfortably dance naked in a snowstorm. . . ."
3: "There are those who honestly believe in the superiority of the High Culture."
4: "Given the right premises, any desired conclusion can be reached, automatic as addition."
5: "Monism promises only one thing: to make you very very happy."
6: "Do places dream of people until they return?"
7: "If my mother’s advice were taken as widely as she would give it. . . ."
8: "The amoeba only knows as much of the universe as it can touch. . . ."
9: "Holidays are no pleasure for anyone but children. . . ."
10: "Nothing is immortal, not even the universe."
11: "The very best parties in all the world are unscheduled, unheralded, and unrehearsed."
12: "Lord Semichastny’s entertainment was held to be a great success. . . ."
About this Title
New Celebrations comprises the first three books of the adventures of Anthony Villiers: Starwell and The Thurb Revolution, originally published in 1968, and Masque World, published the year after.
Panshin was born in Lansing, Michigan, in 1940. He is a mixture of English-American and Russian, and he insists that his name is easy to pronounce. He served in the Army in Texas and Korea, graduated from Michigan State University in 1965, and received an M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1966.
Find out more about Alexei Panshin and ElectricStory at www.electricstory.com.
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