Stranger in a strange land.

My name is casey. my middle name is scott fox. my last name is brennan. my nickname is skyfox.

I am reading a book, called Stranger in a Strange Land. The book is about Valentine Michael Smith, who is a human born into martian society, son of austronauts sent to explore mars. He has been raised completely as a martian, and while he is considered, "only an egg" on mars, on earth he is viewed as an innocently omnipotent genius. he has no concept of lying, ownership, or "death". The greatest honor to him is to be allowed to partake of your corpse after your death. To share a drink of water with Mike is to connect yourself completely to him, to promise never to lead him falsely, and to never ever do anything to harm him, because he will do the same to you. One martian word often encountered but unable to explain is "grok" Mike contemplates something for days and hours to grok it. He can recite K. Leroy's manuscript of property ownership and equitable division verbatim. All of it. But when asked if he understands that he owns something, he can only reply, "I do not grok it". He also has what we would deem "powers", but for him, these things are easier than tying shoelaces. He can cause things to simply not exist. He can levitate objects with his mind, he can slip into a cataconic coma that resembles death, he can walk in spirit, independently of his body. He can control his body so perfectly as to neuatralize alcohol or poison. He kisses like no other, not because he is experienced, but because when he kisses, his entire attention is on the recipient. Otherwise he is small, weak, and delicate, speaks like a clumsy foreigner and is as innocent as a newborn child.

My favorite quote of the book,

"Men are animals who laugh."



Be blessed in your endeavors- Casey