Lutton, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Madagascar
Mae Hong Song, Mae Hong Song Province, Thailand 19.18 N, 98.01 E
Mahebourg, Mauritius 20.24 S, 57.42 E
Malachi, Ontario. Canada 49.56 N, 94.58 W
Marakooper Cave, Tasmania, Australia
Masada, Territory of Judea, Israel 31.19 N, 35.21 E
Mendocino, California. U.S.A. 39.20 N, 123.46 W
Mexicali, Estado de Baja California, Mexico 32.28 N, 115.29 W
Mexico
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico 19.25 N, 99.10 W
Mission-Sainte-Marie, Midland, Ontario, Canada 44.45 N, 79.53 W
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. 30.40 N, 88.05 W
Mogadishu, Somalia 2.02 N, 25.21 E
Mont-Pellerin, Canton Vaudois, Switzerland
Montréal, Québec, Canada 45.36 N, 73.38 W
Nairobi, Kenya 1.17 S, 36.50 E
Napoli, Campania, Italia 40.50 N, 14.15 E
Nevada, U.S.A.
New Orleans, Louisana, U.S.A. 30.00 N, 90.03 W
New South Wales, Australia
New York City and State, U.S.A.
The Nile River, Egypt
North America
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. 41.15 N, 96.00 W
Orillia, Ontario, Canada 44.36 N, 79.26 W
Ottermere, Ontario, Canada
Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.A.
Paris, Département Paris, Région Parisienne, France 48.52 N, 2.20 E
Philadephia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 40.00 N, 75.10 W
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 11.35 N, 104.55 E
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Poland
Pompeii, Campania, Italia 40.45 N, 14.27 E
Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada 72.40 N, 77.59 W
Port Hope, Ontario, Canada 43.58 N, 78.18 W
Puako Bay, Hawaii, U.S.A. 19.58 N, 155.49 W
Reddit, Ontario, Canada
Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33.55 S, 151.10 E
Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Territories, Canada 74.40 N, 95.00 W
Rice Lake, Manitoba, Canada 47.44 N, 82.08 W
Roberts Camp, Wyman Creek, Deep Springs Valley, California, U.S.A. 37.21 N, 117.59 W
Roma, Italia 41.53 N, 12.30 E
Sacramento, California, U.S.A. 38.33 N, 121.30 W
Samuel H. Boardman State Park, Oregon, U.S.A.
San Bruno, California, U.S.A. 37.37 N. 122.24 W
San Diego, California, U.S.A. 32.45 N, 117.10 W
San Francisco, California, U.S.A. 37.45 N, 122.27 W
San Ignacio, Belize 17.14 N, 89.03 W
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 43.52 N, 18.26 E
Savant Lake, Ontario, Canada 50.16 N, 90.44 W
Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada 50.05 N, 91.55 W
The Slidre River, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada 80.00 N, 85.39 W
The Sphere of Stars
Split, Dalmatia, Republika Hrvatska (Croatia) 43.31 N, 16.28 E
State of Vatican City (Citta del Vaticano) 41.54 N, 12.27 E
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 46.30 N, 81.01 W
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33.55 S, 151.10 E
Tamatave, Madagascar 181.05 S, 49.23 E
Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico 18.32 N, 99.36 W
Thailand
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada 53.50 N, 101.15 W
Tokyo to Osaka, Japan
Toronto, Ontario, Canada 43.42 N, 79.25 W
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A. 36.51 N, 75.59 W
Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A. 19.52 N, 155.08 W
Washago, Ontario, Canada 44.45 N, 79.20 W
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 49.53 N, 97.10 W
Winnitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma) 16.47 N, 96.10 E
Yukon Territory, Canada
Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska (Croatia) 45.48 N, 15.58 E
OPENING THE BOOK
I always liked books that contained some fine thoughts, but books that one could read without stopping, for they aroused ideas in me which I could follow at my fancy and pursue as I pleased. This also prevented me from reading geometry books with care, and I must admit that I have not yet brought myself to read Euclid in any other way than one commonly reads novels.
Scissoring legs and shadows scudding like clouds across the marble proved destiny in action, for the people who rushed through this concourse came from the rim of everywhere to be ejaculated everywhere, redistributing themselves without reference to each other. A few, like the small girl who sat on the stairs holding her bald baby doll, or the lady who stopped, shifted the strap of her handbag, and gazed at the departure times for the New Haven Line, delayed judgment (and an executive paused in his descent of the steps, snorted at the girl's doll, and said: I thought that baby was real!). But no one stayed here, except the souls without homes. Above the information kiosk, the hands of the illuminated clock circled all the directions, tranquilly, while the stone-muffled murmurs of the multitude rose up and condensed into meaningless animal sounds. There was a circle, and its spokes were their trajectories. But the circle turned! They did not understand the strangeness of that. Creased black trousers, naked brown legs, merciless knees, skirts and jeans, overalls swollen tight with floating testicles, paisley handbags passing as smoothly as magic carpets, these made noise, had substance, but the place became more and more empty as I sat there, because none of it was for anything but itself. The belt of brass flowers that crossed the ceiling's belly meant something, made the place more like a church; the sunken tunnels where the trains stretched themselves out, gleaming their lights, were the catacombs. One of those passageways went to the Montréaler, my favorite train. Canada's railroads continued north from Montréal, which was why when I peered into that tunnel (I'd ridden the Montréaler so many times, and wouldn't anymore), it was almost as if I could see all the way to Hudson Bay; one Canadian National sleeper did still go to Churchill—