I think the cover of that book tells a story more dramatic and potent and full of energy and filled with the thril of living life to its raw, shrill maximium than any of the tales of its interior possibly could. I mean, just to gaze upon that dramatic photo fires-up the loins, girds the trunk and back, energizes the muscles, and sends high amperage through the nerves. Life awaits these two custodians of the passions of America as they gaze at each other in readiness and in wordless tacit agreement of their pact with destiny. Why, in a moment, they will burst from the confines of that garage and announce to all their readiness for combat with the enemies of mankind: boredom, ennui, and stupidity. But for now, for this one short pause, a quiet look of love and reassurance; a look that these two can share and remember before they explode into the daylight on their roaring machine of freedom and liberty and independence. Or maybe they'll just drop to the oily floor and breed decendants. Hard ta say, really.
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If anyone didn't think you were a completist, this erases all doubt.
Hey, James Reasoner has more of the EASYRIDERS anthologies than I do.
I think the cover of that book tells a story more dramatic and potent and full of energy and filled with the thril of living life to its raw, shrill maximium than any of the tales of its interior possibly could. I mean, just to gaze upon that dramatic photo fires-up the loins, girds the trunk and back, energizes the muscles, and sends high amperage through the nerves. Life awaits these two custodians of the passions of America as they gaze at each other in readiness and in wordless tacit agreement of their pact with destiny. Why, in a moment, they will burst from the confines of that garage and announce to all their readiness for combat with the enemies of mankind: boredom, ennui, and stupidity. But for now, for this one short pause, a quiet look of love and reassurance; a look that these two can share and remember before they explode into the daylight on their roaring machine of freedom and liberty and independence. Or maybe they'll just drop to the oily floor and breed decendants. Hard ta say, really.
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