Life After Walden
By John Walters
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In a future gone over to virtual simulations, a man escapes to Walden Pond, site of Henry David Thoreau's classic "Walden". When a group of friends, thinking him unbalanced, come to bring him home, they are instead one by one pulled into the simple reality of the natural life. Then a relative takes a more violent approach to make them all see reason.
John Walters
John Walters recently returned to the United States after thirty-five years abroad. He lives in Seattle, Washington. He attended the 1973 Clarion West science fiction writing workshop and is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America. He writes mainstream fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and memoirs of his wanderings around the world.
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Life After Walden - John Walters
Life After Walden
By
John Walters
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Copyright 2012 by John Walters
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Life After Walden
Jeenee, Richee, Frill, and Leo stumble out of the hovercar that has settled beside the shore. Ugh,
says Leo, as he steps into the mud. Are you sure…
This way,
Jeenee says. She takes Richee’s hand; Frill takes Leo’s.
Swollen gray clouds hang low over the pond, giving its surface a dull metallic color. The surrounding woods are dense, impenetrable, shadow-laden; the occasional birdcalls seem forlorn, like lost