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Author Archives: Scott Alexander
Chapter 25: Lie Down Before My Feet, O Dragon
Afternoon, May 12, 2017 Los Angeles I. Coming from the edge of my consciousness, a faint voice: [Thou shalt not krill] The organizing soul within me – the kabbalists would have called it the neshamah – awoke, even as my … Continue reading
Chapter 24: Why Dost Thou Come To Angels’ Eyes?
Morning, May 12, 2017 Los Angeles A ray of early morning sun beat on my face. Clouds flew by me like trucks rushing down a highway, and the heavens seemed to sing. It’s weird. You spend your entire adult life … Continue reading
Interlude ט: The General Assembly
And Satan stood up against them in the global environment. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com December 14, 1972 New York City “Ladies. Gentlemen. Mr. Secretary General. We are a proud people. Like so many of the other fledgling countries represented here today, our … Continue reading
Chapter 23: Now Descendeth Out Of Heaven A City
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. — Obadiah 1:4 Afternoon, May 12, 2017 San Francisco Even though she could no longer … Continue reading
Chapter 22: Whose Ears Have Heard The Holy Word
Object gods have meta gods Up in their skies to smite them And meta gods have meta gods, And so ad infinitum. — Steven Kaas January 30, 2002 Puerto Penasco, Mexico With a look of mad determination, the big man … Continue reading
Author’s Note 3: Microfic, Gaming, Sohu
Interlude ח is now up. Relevant Wikipedia articles for the past few chapters: Comet West, the Kaifeng Jews, Had Gadya, the Gale-Shapley algorithm, John Dee, Enochian language, location arithmetic, Metatron, Raziel, Samyazaz, the Watcher Angels, the Golden Gate in Jerusalem, … Continue reading
Interlude ח: War and Peace
Exodus 15:3 says “The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is His Name.” But this verse is ambiguous: “man of war” can mean either a type of Portuguese jellyfish or a type of British warship. Which one is … Continue reading
Chapter 21: Thou Also Dwellest In Eternity
Work hard, play hard, converge to a transcendent and unified end state of human evolution called the Omega Point as predicted by Teilhard. — @GapOfGods Noon, May 12, 2017 San Francisco I. The resemblances between San Francisco and the Biblical … Continue reading
Chapter 20: When The Stars Threw Down Their Spears
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations for theoretical computer science? — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com 3??? BC Heaven I. Beyond the nimbus and stratus, in the furthest reaches of the heavens, the parliament of the angels convened in the eye of … Continue reading
Chapter 19: The Form Of The Angelic Land
Morning, May 12, 2017 ???? I. For a moment I was totally disoriented by the scene before me. Then vast, dark shapes began to take form. Shelves. Shelves full of books, all the way up, from the immacuately polished marble … Continue reading