Lay of The Higher Law

Posted on March 4, 2010 | Comments Off on Lay of The Higher Law

“Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause;
“He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.”

—The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Via Philip Jose Farmer.

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0 responses to “Lay of The Higher Law”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | March 9, 2010 at 8:21 am |

    Farmer… mmm… one SF writer I couldn’t get my poor head around. Deity knows, I tried….

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | March 9, 2010 at 9:53 am |

    “To Your Scattered Bodies Go” entertained me, but I have heard that the subsequent parts of the series were disappointing. I’m reading Hal Clement’s classic “Heavy Planet” at the moment. Very hard SF, like immersion in a college physics course, but readable for all that.