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Tonight we'll be reading the opening to 1887's A Crystal Age by W.H Hudson.

The book, A Pastoral utopian novel,

has been called a significant sci-fi milestone and has been noted for its anticipation of the modern ecological

mysticism that would evolve a century later.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, softness of your bed. Now take a few deep breaths. Chapter 1. I do not quite know how it happened, my recollection of the whole matter ebbing in a somewhat clouded condition.

I fancy I had gone somewhere on a botanizing expedition.

But whether at home or abroad, I don't know, at all events, I remember

that I had taken up the study of plants with a good deal of enthusiasm.

And that while hunting for some variety in the mountain,

I sat down to rest on the edge of a ravine. Perhaps it was on the ledge of an overhanging rock.

Anyhow, if I remember rightly, the ground gave way all about me, precipitating me below. The fall was a very

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