July 16, 1952:
Robert A. Heinlein to Lurton Blassingame,
on writing what would become Stranger in a Strange Land —
". . . . Yes, I am still having trouble with that novel. . . .
The story itself is giving me real trouble. I believe that
I have dreamed up a really new S-F idea, a hard thing
to do these days—but I am having trouble coping with it."
Also on that date —
The next day . . .
Among the prominent films she produced
or distributed … “Teorema” (1968) … .
Above — The New York Times reports a November 4th death.
Below — This journal on that date . . .
From a New York Times review of "Teorema" —
" 'Teorema' (theorem) is a parable, a movie of realistic images
photographed and arranged with a mathematical precision
that drains them of comforting emotional meaning."
" 'Teorema' is a religious film, but I think it would take
a very hip Jesuit to convert it into a testament to
contemporary Roman Catholic dogma."
— Vincent Canby, April 22, 1969
See as well "The Thing and I."
Phrase from a Wikipedia article on a "Columbian Exposition" —
"to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's
arrival in the New World in 1492"
Id est, 1892. Another exposition —
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