The discussion of the Beach Boys in Weird Scenes reminded me that I had been meaning to read Whale Music by Paul Quarrington, which is a fictionalized biography of Beach Boy Brian Wilson. When I started reading it, I discovered that it begins with this epigraph:
"I like the Walrus best," said Alice, "because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters.""He ate more than the Carpenter, though," said Tweedledee.-- Lewis Carroll
That particular Lewis Carroll reference is a further sync because of two poems I posted last month, "The time has come" and "Of sealing wax," both of which reference "The Walrus and the Carpenter."
Another book I'm currently reading for sync reasons is Ari Barak and the Free-Will Paradox by Rabbi Shaul Behr. Today I started Chapter 6, which is titled "Curiouser and Curiouser." In the chapter, one of the characters quotes that line and has to explain to his classmate that it's from Alice in Wonderland. They then notice that their instructor's name is "Rabbi T. White. Perfect for a yeshiva in Wonderland!"
I've also recently downloaded, but haven't yet started reading, Laeth's latest novel, Sketches of Alice. Not a Lewis Carroll reference as far as I know, but still a synchronistically apropos choice of names.
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my book's title is related to Carroll in a roundabout way. the reason for the name in the book is that when my wife was 13 she gave me a little book of poems she'd written and her pen name was Alice Wittgenstein. the reason why she chose Alice was because she was obsessed with Wonderland and Looking Glass (the last name i don't remember why and neither does she). so there is some kind of relation. also thank you for your interest. i hope you enjoy it. it's no doubt my best work so far.
I've just realized that I started Whale Music on November 16, the anniversary of the death of Carroll's muse, Alice Liddell.
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