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hschulein

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Sat Oct 31, 2015, 10:50 AM Oct 2015

Mike Malloy - A Moment With Bob: Nightmare Alley



“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”

So begins Shirley Jackson's classic The Haunting of Hill House.

Perceptions and appearances cannot be trusted. Hill House looks like it was properly built, “… walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut ...” but Hill House is not sane.

Full text: http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/38651-nightmare-alley.html

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