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<p><font size="3"><b>thrice great hermes</b></font></p>
<p>a novel by stanley lieber</p>
-<p>184 pgs</p>
+<p>150 pgs</p>
<p>5.25" x 8"</p>
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-<a href="https://amzn.to/2CoDIRJ" target="_b">print</a> |
-<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thrice-Great-Hermes-Stanley-Lieber-ebook/dp/B07LFZL5YL/" target="_b">kindle</a> |
+<a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/stanley-lieber/thrice-great-hermes/paperback/product-459r685.html" target="_b">print</a> |
<a href="http://massivefictions.com/hermes/pdf_print/interior.pdf" target="_b">pdf</a>
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-ISBN-10: 1724684744<br>
-ISBN-13: 978-1724684745<br>
+ISBN: 978-1-300-50464-1<br>
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<p>
<h1>i.</h1>
<ol>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/05/0/" target="_b">no one else in town had a phone</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/07/1/" target="_b">the shadow of the water tower concealed nothing</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/08/0/" target="_b">tires crunched on pale gravel</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/11/0/" target="_b">vidya just didn't care</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/11/1/" target="_b">the ridiculous truck destroyed the tree</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/12/0/" target="_b">"fishtailed," explained vidya</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/18/1/" target="_b">vidya ate his snack</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/19/0/" target="_b">he completely forgot about it</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/20/0/" target="_b">atop the water tower there were fewer interruptions</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/26/0/" target="_b">shapes moved in the back of vidya's mind</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/27/1/" target="_b">there would be no further harassment from sl</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/28/1/" target="_b">well, he had seen better mornings</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/12/29/0/" target="_b">it was unusual for him to climb the water tower this late at night</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/03/0/" target="_b">no school</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2017/11/30/0/" target="_b">sorry, i couldn't resist</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/05/0/" target="_b">sl filled in the blanks</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/05/1/" target="_b">vidya tore the page out of his notebook and wadded it into a tight ball</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/06/0/" target="_b">weltstadt</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/06/1/" target="_b">whatever happened to just wearing the mask</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/07/0/" target="_b">no, vidya would not abide being investigated</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/08/0/" target="_b">clothes hangers</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/09/0/" target="_b">vidya remembered grade school</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/09/1/" target="_b">thwack</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/10/0/" target="_b">into the woods</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/10/1/" target="_b">if you have the opportunity, do it</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/11/0/" target="_b">mother had been born here</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/11/1/" target="_b">s.o.m.l.</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/12/0/" target="_b">no radio in the truck was a blessing</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/13/0/" target="_b">whatever, he thought he could hear the ups truck</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/14/0/" target="_b">psychic interference</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/15/0/" target="_b">there were other places</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/16/0/" target="_b">sl was gone</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/16/1/" target="_b">the gateless gate</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/16/2/" target="_b">raymond was concerned for the boy</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/17/1/" target="_b">the next day</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/17/2/" target="_b">the abandoned structure had burned to the ground</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/18/0/" target="_b">vidya lost his job</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/18/1/" target="_b">taking up his assigned seat</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/19/0/" target="_b">vidya wanted a cigarette</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/20/0/" target="_b">all of this gray tracking across his forest like smoke</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/21/0/" target="_b">every so often sl would grow tired of moving slowly</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/22/0/" target="_b">no one would understand about the phone</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/22/1/" target="_b">the abandonment of cruelty</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/23/0/" target="_b">one day your mind may fade</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/23/1/" target="_b">this is my story of what happened</a></li>
+<li>no one else in town had a phone</li>
+<li>the shadow of the water tower concealed nothing</li>
+<li>tires crunched on pale gravel</li>
+<li>vidya just didn't care</li>
+<li>the ridiculous truck destroyed the tree</li>
+<li>"fishtailed," explained vidya</li>
+<li>vidya ate his snack</li>
+<li>he completely forgot about it</li>
+<li>atop the water tower there were fewer interruptions</li>
+<li>shapes moved in the back of vidya's mind</li>
+<li>there would be no further harassment from sl</li>
+<li>well, he had seen better mornings</li>
+<li>it was unusual for him to climb the water tower this late at night</li>
+<li>no school</li>
+<li>sorry, i couldn't resist</li>
+<li>sl filled in the blanks</li>
+<li>vidya tore the page out of his notebook and wadded it into a tight ball</li>
+<li>weltstadt</li>
+<li>whatever happened to just wearing the mask</li>
+<li>no, vidya would not abide being investigated</li>
+<li>clothes hangers</li>
+<li>vidya remembered grade school</li>
+<li>thwack</li>
+<li>into the woods</li>
+<li>if you have the opportunity, do it</li>
+<li>mother had been born here</li>
+<li>s.o.m.l.</li>
+<li>no radio in the truck was a blessing</li>
+<li>whatever, he thought he could hear the ups truck</li>
+<li>psychic interference</li>
+<li>there were other places</li>
+<li>sl was gone</li>
+<li>the gateless gate</li>
+<li>raymond was concerned for the boy</li>
+<li>the next day</li>
+<li>the abandoned structure had burned to the ground</li>
+<li>vidya lost his job</li>
+<li>taking up his assigned seat</li>
+<li>vidya wanted a cigarette</li>
+<li>all of this gray tracking across his forest like smoke</li>
+<li>every so often sl would grow tired of moving slowly</li>
+<li>no one would understand about the phone</li>
+<li>the abandonment of cruelty</li>
+<li>one day your mind may fade</li>
+<li>this is my story of what happened</li>
</ol>
<h1>ii.</h1>
<ol>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/24/0/" target="_b">étienne stood by the window</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/25/0/" target="_b">grandpa died</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/26/0/" target="_b">the best of you is hidden</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/27/0/" target="_b">étienne sank slowly into his bath</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/28/0/" target="_b">internal september</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/28/1/" target="_b">vague</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/29/0/" target="_b">low bandwidth</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/29/1/" target="_b">the film had made some kind of impression</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/30/0/" target="_b">étienne awoke to find he had been transformed into a real human</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/01/31/0/" target="_b">a surplus had been declared</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/01/0/" target="_b">most of it was automated</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/02/0/" target="_b">form field</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/02/1/" target="_b">nothing could change the fact that he was tired</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/02/2/" target="_b">the gods had pursued étienne from childhood</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/04/0/" target="_b">"not so fast," sl said, sarcastically</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/04/1/" target="_b">disk and executive monitor</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/05/0/" target="_b">étienne had thought he was alone in the central office</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/05/1/" target="_b">everything is true, nothing is deleted</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/05/2/" target="_b">does any part of you want to do this?</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/06/0/" target="_b">quit complaining</a></li>
+<li>étienne stood by the window</li>
+<li>grandpa died</li>
+<li>the best of you is hidden</li>
+<li>étienne sank slowly into his bath</li>
+<li>internal september</li>
+<li>vague</li>
+<li>low bandwidth</li>
+<li>the film had made some kind of impression</li>
+<li>étienne awoke to find he had been transformed into a real human</li>
+<li>a surplus had been declared</li>
+<li>most of it was automated</li>
+<li>form field</li>
+<li>nothing could change the fact that he was tired</li>
+<li>the gods had pursued étienne from childhood</li>
+<li>"not so fast," sl said, sarcastically</li>
+<li>disk and executive monitor</li>
+<li>étienne had thought he was alone in the central office</li>
+<li>everything is true, nothing is deleted</li>
+<li>does any part of you want to do this?</li>
+<li>quit complaining</li>
<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/06/1/" target
="_b">étienne pulled up to the railroad crossing</a></l
i>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/07/0/" target="_b">website; webshit</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/07/1/" target="_b">the lions came</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/08/0/" target="_b">both of his parents were dead</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/09/0/" target="_b">do not answer / do not answer / do not answer</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/09/2/" target="_b">it was back to reading</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/11/0/" target="_b">things were not going well</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/11/1/" target="_b">his back still hurt</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/12/0/" target="_b">adding the longbox to his daily carry was not so ludicrous as at first it might seem</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/13/0/" target="_b">start with a blank sheet of paper</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/14/0/" target="_b">he's got (back) issues</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/14/1/" target="_b">sl called, asking for anything related to computers</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/15/0/" target="_b">for some reason étienne's town had a video store</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/16/0/" target="_b">and then there was the house</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/18/0/" target="_b">quartz in the ground</a></li>
+<li>website; webshit</li>
+<li>the lions came</li>
+<li>both of his parents were dead</li>
+<li>do not answer / do not answer / do not answer</li>
+<li>it was back to reading</li>
+<li>things were not going well</li>
+<li>his back still hurt</li>
+<li>adding the longbox to his daily carry was not so ludicrous as at first it might seem</li>
+<li>start with a blank sheet of paper</li>
+<li>he's got (back) issues</li>
+<li>sl called, asking for anything related to computers</li>
+<li>for some reason étienne's town had a video store</li>
+<li>and then there was the house</li>
+<li>quartz in the ground</li>
</ol>
<h1>iii.</h1>
<ol>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/19/0/" target="_b">violet would never forget</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/19/1/" target="_b">hermes woke up in the back of an ambulance</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/19/2/" target="_b">hermes was late for work</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/19/3/" target="_b">spirit of communication</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/20/0/" target="_b">violet was bad with money</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/20/1/" target="_b">the divorce had been sudden</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/22/0/" target="_b">the problem was, it wore off</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/22/1/" target="_b">she could write it all on paper</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/20/2/" target="_b">third system effect</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/22/2/" target="_b">cascade</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/20/3/" target="_b">newton's translation</a></li>
+<li>violet would never forget</li>
+<li>hermes woke up in the back of an ambulance</li>
+<li>hermes was late for work</li>
+<li>spirit of communication</li>
+<li>violet was bad with money</li>
+<li>the divorce had been sudden</li>
+<li>the problem was, it wore off</li>
+<li>she could write it all on paper</li>
+<li>third system effect</li>
+<li>cascade</li>
+<li>newton's translation</li>
</ol>
<h1>book 4</h1>
<ol>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/26/0/" target="_b">the usefulness of dread</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/26/1/" target="_b">beyond section three</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/26/2/" target="_b">say the least</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/27/0/" target="_b">what other people have already said about lines</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/27/1/" target="_b">i don't want to know</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/27/2/" target="_b">i want out</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/02/28/0/" target="_b">behind the wheel</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/01/0/" target="_b">seriously, karl</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/01/1/" target="_b">ten thousand things wrong</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/02/0/" target="_b">hold</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/02/1/" target="_b">on their way</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/02/2/" target="_b">it takes three</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/05/0/" target="_b">revise and edit</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/05/1/" target="_b">had himself under control</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/05/2/" target="_b">back up</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/05/3/" target="_b">in the community kitchen</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://stanleylieber.com/2018/03/05/4/" target="_b">apropos of nothing</a></li>
+<li>the usefulness of dread</li>
+<li>beyond section three</li>
+<li>say the least</li>
+<li>what other people have already said about lines</li>
+<li>i don't want to know</li>
+<li>i want out</li>
+<li>behind the wheel</li>
+<li>seriously, karl</li>
+<li>ten thousand things wrong</li>
+<li>hold</li>
+<li>on their way</li>
+<li>it takes three</li>
+<li>revise and edit</li>
+<li>had himself under control</li>
+<li>back up</li>
+<li>in the community kitchen</li>
+<li>apropos of nothing</li>
</ol>
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