January 9, 2004
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HURRY UP PLEASE
IT’S TIME
– T. S. Eliot,
The Waste Land, II
“A Game of Chess”
“Make the white Queen run so fast
she hasn’t got time to make you wise,
’cause it’s time, it’s time
in time with your time
and its news
is captured
for the Queen to use.”
– from “Your Move,” or
“I’ve Seen All Good People,”
by Yes (Jon Anderson and
Chris Squire), played in the
soundtrack of a “Big Fish”
movie trailer tonight in the
obituary of Brian Gibson at
the New York Times site.
For related material, see
The Black Queen and
History of a Symbol.
Jan. 9 obituary of Brian Gibson –
“In 2002 he was executive producer of the film ‘Frida,’ about the artist Frida Kahlo….”
Captured for the Queen
Joan Aiken
Photo by Alex Gotfryd,
circa 1972
Jan. 9 obituary of Joan Aiken –
“Joan Aiken was born in Rye, England, a daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken….”
“Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano must be, for anyone who loves the English language, a sheer joy.”
“He was never inclined to small talk.”
– Jan. 9 obituary of Steven Edward Dorfman, writer of questions (i.e., answers) for the game show “Jeopardy!”
“What’s the Hellfire Club?”
– Joan Aiken, beginning of the final chapter of The Shadow Guests
Note that Dorfman, Gibson, and Aiken
all died on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004.
For some related material, see
