"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison, Rick Berry
Deep, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Wisdom Collector. Which reader are you?
Insights from "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
“He was late. He was always late. He was a late person.”
Living by a stopwatch feels like a slow death. Everett C. Marm ruins his life just to show people how to play again.
“The shift was over at 12:00:00 midnight.”
Being exactly on time for everything sounds efficient. It actually makes everyone act like cold machines.
“Seven hundred and forty thousand jelly beans.”
Small acts of chaos can be beautiful. Dropping jellybeans into the gears of a perfect system feels like a victory.
“He became a hero. They liked him.”
Authorities hate being laughed at more than anything else. A clown is more dangerous to a tyrant than a soldier.
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Underwood Books
- ISBN
- 9781887424356
- Language
- EN
