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Come with me a moment. Defying conventional beliefs about time and space, we go back to the 1980s. It is a time long past, a time not yet come around, a time that never was or will be. It is also now...( the 1980s )
Let's return to our current time. It is our time. It is also a time that will never belong to us. It's the far future, and the ancient past. It is... ( Now )
So, there you are. I trust that you've enjoyed your visit to my memory. As I lower the veil back down and seal the doorway for now, I know that I personally feel an unmistakable and tangible lightness of being. I may be a 36 year old Customer Service Manager of a grocery retailer in Memphis, TN, but I've made an important connection tonight to a 10 year old who had just taken a step into a much larger world. That book's place as the very likely first fantasy novel I ever owned (gamebook though it was) absolutely, irrevocably, and beneficially changed my life...
...forever.
Let's return to our current time. It is our time. It is also a time that will never belong to us. It's the far future, and the ancient past. It is... ( Now )
So, there you are. I trust that you've enjoyed your visit to my memory. As I lower the veil back down and seal the doorway for now, I know that I personally feel an unmistakable and tangible lightness of being. I may be a 36 year old Customer Service Manager of a grocery retailer in Memphis, TN, but I've made an important connection tonight to a 10 year old who had just taken a step into a much larger world. That book's place as the very likely first fantasy novel I ever owned (gamebook though it was) absolutely, irrevocably, and beneficially changed my life...
...forever.
