Gofer's Paradox

“Are digital technologies making politics impossible”?

Rhetorical question.

The second tome of The Chanterelle Chronicles is meant to be a satirical response to a rhetorical statement masquerading as the inaugural question of The Nine Dots Prize, a demonstrably regional literary competition intended for an academic audience, preferred but not officially limited to the ivory tower circuit of southeastern UK.

The second tome also serves as an introduction to The Chronicles philosophical dissertation. One that seeks to be an original cognitive exercise in response to ancient societal issues. An exercise whose resolution will invite the reader to construct a historical and logistical framework to effectively address the concepts presented to him in the subsequent volumes of the series.

The second tome ends where the first began; with the expansion of an ancient Scandinavian myth; one with a contemporary bent. The protagonist of this latest installment of the myth faces his own paradox. One which is strikingly similar in purpose and intent to the paradox hidden between the lines of the inaugural question:

The Paradox of Impossible;

Gofer's Paradox.

Empires come and go. Chanterelles are timeless.

5th Edition - a myth

Chanterelles have long been considered a food of kings and noblemen. An indulgence fallen to by the rulers and instigators of empires. Ironically, they have also been a food of survival for explorers, foraging as they blazed trails through the forests of the New World.

Alas, empires come and go. Chanterelles are timeless.

The first tome of The Chanterelle Chronicles defines the principle cast of characters whose stories evolve, at times in synchrony, at others in hysteresis with the entities they confront.

Characters who are not always what they seem to be. Ones that are both physical and figurative in nature. Interacting with others inside and outside their own environment. Interactions that bring the reality of the universe around them to life.

Though each short story resides in its own distinct realm of space and time, they are all linked to the reality of the author's presence. He is both narrator and actor. At times, he is the observer of the events that have unfolded before him. At others, he views events through the prism of a distant past.

Though this is the fifth edition of the Chronicles' myth, it should actually be the sixth. The original transcript lost in the Realm of Time: a past once silenced, and now rekindled.

Empires come and go

Chanterelles have long been considered a food of kings and noblemen. An indulgence fallen to by the rulers and instigators of empires. Ironically, they have also been a food of survival for explorers, foraging as they blazed trails through the forests of the New World.

Alas, empires come and go. Chanterelles are timeless.

The Chanterelle Chronicles define the principle cast of characters whose stories evolve, at times in synchrony, at others in hysteresis with the entities they confront.

Characters who are not always what they seem to be. Ones that are both physical and figurative in nature. Interacting with others inside and outside their own environment. Interactions that bring the reality of the universe around them to life.

Though each short story resides in its own distinct realm of space and time, they are all linked to the reality of the author's presence. He is both narrator and actor. At times, he is the observer of the events that have unfolded before him. At others, he views events through the prism of a distant past.

Though this is the third edition of the Chronicles' myth, it should actually be the fourth. The original transcript lost in the Realm of Time: a past once silenced, and now rekindled.

Following in Louis' footsteps

Though not a Singer, Sylvain is as handy with a walking foot as his father was.

The Windsor Hotel

A few pictures of the Windsor Hotel, as Laurent would have seen it when he arrived in Montreal in 1913.