Stand on Zanzibar

CONTENTS

Title Page

Dedication

Foreword

context (0) THE INNIS MODE

context (1) SCANALYZE MY NAME

the happening world (1) READ THE DIRECTIONS

tracking with closeups (1) MR. PRESIDENT

context (2) EDITORIAL SLOT

continuity (1) THE GUILT-EDGED SECURITY

tracking with closeups (2) YONDERBOY

context (3) YOU HAVE TO PUSH HIM OVER

continuity (2) THE DEAD HAND OF THE PAST

the happening world (2) THE SOFT CELL

context (4) THE SUBJECT MATTER

tracking with closeups (3) NO YOU DON’T!

continuity (3) AFTER ONE DECADE

the happening world (3) DOMESTICA

tracking with closeups (4) MASKER AID

continuity (4) ROOMIE NATION

context (5) THE GRAND MANOR

tracking with closeups (5) SCENESHIFTER

context (6) ONE COMES OUT WHERE …

continuity (5) HEAR HEAR

the happening world (4) SPOKEN LIKE A MAN

tracking with closeups (6) WHICH SIDE AM I ON?

context (7) BULL FIGHT

continuity (6) AUCTION BLOCK FOR ME

the happening world (5) CITIZEN BACILLUS

tracking with closeups (7) THE TOO MUCH STRAIN

context (8) ISOLATION

continuity (7) ARMS AND IDLENESS

the happening world (6) STREET SEEN

tracking with closeups (8) ILL WIND

continuity (8) THE CAMEL’S BACK

context (9) GUNCRIT

tracking with closeups (9) POPPYSEED

context (10) THE BABY AND THE BATHWATER

continuity (9) DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF

the happening world (7) THE STATE OF THE ART

tracking with closeups (10) SMOTHERLOVE

continuity (10) DUE PROCESS

context (11) COME OUTSIDE AND SAY THAT

tracking with closeups (11) THE SEALED TRAIN

continuity (11) THE SOUND OF FALLING ROCK

context (12) THE SOCIOLOGICAL COUNTERPART OF CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION

continuity (12) IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE AUTOMATIC BUT ACTUALLY YOU HAVE TO PRESS THIS BUTTON

tracking with closeups (12) IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM BEAUT THEM

the happening world (8) BE KIND TO YOUR FORFEITED FRIENDS

context (13) THE OLD NEWSPAPER

continuity (13) MULTIPLY BY A MILLION

tracking with closeups (13) THE GOOSEBERRY BUSH

continuity (14) THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB

tracking with closeups (14) LIGHT THE TOUCHPAPER AND RETIRE

continuity (15) DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT

context (14) STORM CENTRE

the happening world (9) SHAMBLES

context (15) BRED AND BORN

continuity (16) THE REVISED VERSION

tracking with closeups (15) OUR PARENTS’ FEET WERE BLACK

context (16) MR. & MRS. EVERYWHERE: CALYPSO

continuity (17) TIMESCALES

the happening world (10) SOUR GRAPES

tracking with closeups (16) THE MESSENGER OF THE GOSPEL OF UNIVERSAL LOVE

continuity (18) THE WALLS OF TROY

tracking with closeups (17) BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND MEN

continuity (19) SEMPER ALIQUID NOVI

context (17) FEELING THE OVERDRAFT

continuity (20) THE SHADOW OF GRANDFATHER LOA

tracking with closeups (18) IN MY YOUNG DAYS

continuity (21) MORE HASTE

context (18) ZOCK

continuity (22) THE PRICE OF ADMISSION

tracking with closeups (19) SMALL WANTS AND THOSE EASILY SATISFIED

continuity (23) HE STUCK IN HIS THUMB

the happening world (11) HOW TO

context (19) A FREE RENDERING OF TWO NATIONAL ANTHEMS

continuity (24) THIS SCENE NOT SHIFTED

context (20) THE PROS AND CONS OF A LUNATIC SOCIETY

continuity (25) DADDY OF THEM ALL

context (21) LETTER

continuity (26) HERE COMES A CHOPPER

the happening world (12) THE GENERAL FEELING

continuity (27) MANSCAPE

tracking with closeups (20) THE OLD LADY UNDER THE JUGGERNAUT

continuity (28) FROM HERE ON DOWN IT’S UPHILL ALL THE WAY

context (22) MOTHER AND BABY DOING WELL?

tracking with closeups (21) THE DRY CHILD

continuity (29) I BEG TO REPORT

context (23) TO BE AVOIDED

continuity (30) TURN HER ON AND LET HER ROLL

the happening world (13) RÉSUMÉ

tracking with closeups (22) THE CLIMAX OF MORE THAN A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT

continuity (31) GROUNDWORK

tracking with closeups (23) BEGI AND THE ORACLE

continuity (32) FIRST WITH THE NEWS

the happening world (14) RECRUITING POSTERS

continuity (33) GOT IT AND GONE

context (24) ONE OF MANY ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL PRINTOUTS FROM SHALMANESER

continuity (34) THERE LIVES MORE FAITH IN HONEST DOUBT

tracking with closeups (24) NO REASON, PURPOSE OR JUSTIFICATION

continuity (35) TO AWAIT COLLECTION

tracking with closeups (25) THE MAN WITHOUT CONVICTIONS

context (25) A FAVOURITE STORY OF CHAD MULLIGAN’S

continuity (36) MAKESHIFT

tracking with closeups (26) ALL IN DUE TIME

continuity (37) STORAGE

tracking with closeups (27) RECIPE FOR A MUCKER

context (26) TO MYSELF ON THE OCCASION OF MY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

continuity (38) NOT FOR SALE BUT CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION

the happening world (15) EQUAL AND OPPOSITE

tracking with closeups (28) THE SLOW WAY TO DIE

continuity (39) BETTER TO BE A VOLCANO

tracking with closeups (29) WHILE THE BALANCE OF HIS MIND WAS DISTURBED

continuity (40) OF THE GREATEST SIGNIFICANCE

tracking with closeups (30) DÉFENSE D’ENTRER

context (27) STUDY GROUP REPORTS

continuity (41) SEWN ON WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD

tracking with closeups (31) UNTO US A CHILD

continuity (42) AND SAY WHICH SEED WILL GROW

the happening world (16) OBITUARY

tracking with closeups (32) THE COOL AND DETACHED VIEW

context (28) A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS

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