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    Apocalypse Then . . . And Now: An Alternative View of 9/11
    Apocalypse Then . . . And Now: An Alternative View of 9/11
    Apocalypse Then . . . And Now: An Alternative View of 9/11
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    Apocalypse Then . . . And Now: An Alternative View of 9/11

    By Vijay Prabhu

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    In this unique combined eyewitness account, thought diary, and monologue on the Twin Towers collapse on Sept. 11, 2001, the author asks: On one of the most momentous days in Twenty-first Century History, what were people really thinking? Were they all thinking the same thoughts as the pundits and the politicians? Were the bottom 10% thinking the same thoughts as the top 5%?

    All of this and more is revealed in this eyewitness account and stream of consciousness reflecting on events and overheard dialogue as the day progresses. The accumulation of disasters, personal and external, in the mind of this novelistic, Dostoevskian or Herzog-like character, now trigger a mixture of fearful, sorrowful, trivial, pragmatic, and even sexual thoughts as he walks through the city, trying to capture his own unique perspective of this turning point in world history. Three years later, and once again eleven years later, there is a reflection on the events and the history that followed: who won, who lost, what did we win or lose, who should celebrate, and who should mourn?

    Prepare to be surprised by the book’s contradictions and constant mood shifts, its . . . humanity. Brought to you edited but uncensored from the author of "The Revised Kama Sutra," a novel that Kurt Vonnegut described as “very funny.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Crasta
    Release dateSep 12, 2012
    ISBN9781301937516
    Apocalypse Then . . . And Now: An Alternative View of 9/11
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    Vijay Prabhu

    Vijay Prabhu was born in Bangalore, India, and grew up in Mangalore. After a few years in India's administrative service, he moved to the U.S. to study literature and begin a career as a writer. He has published 12 other books.

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      Apocalypse Then . . . And Now - Vijay Prabhu

      Apocalypse Then . . . and Now

      An Alternative View of 9/11

      Vijay Prabhu

      Copyright © 2014 Vijay Prabhu

      Published by The Invisible Man Press, New York

      All rights reserved.

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      Book cover design by Christine Ko.

      Cover image by Rob Kimball

      Author’s website: http://www.richardcrasta.com

      This book is published under the legal and constitutional protections of free expression provided by the United States and the city and State of New York; any person purchasing this book is deemed to have done so out of his or her free will and agreed to respect the author’s aforesaid rights of expression.

      Vijay Prabhu is a pen name occasionally used by Richard Crasta, the India-born, longtime New York resident author of 12 books, including books in print and on various e-book platforms. He is a member of the imaginary organization Writers Without Borders and of the somewhat more easily located organization, PEN American Center, New York.

      Table of Contents

      Epigraphs

      Preface, September 11, 2012

      Apocalypse Then

      The Weeks Following September 11, 2001

      More Than One Month Later

      Three Years Later

      And Now

      Preface (Continued)

      Bonus Excerpt from Impressing the Whites: Daddy, Am I A Black?

      Other Books By the Author

      Praise for the Author’s Other Books

      Epigraphs

      It's impossible for me to get emotional about [America or any nation-state], because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to the human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.

      -- Kurt Vonnegut in Mother Night (1961)

      Did you think, when you removed the gags from their mouths, that they would chant your praise?

      —Jean Paul Sartre, Black Orpheus

      The terrorists cannot take away habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution. The terrorists are not anything like the threat we face from our own government in the name of fighting terrorism.—Paul Craig Roberts, www.facebook.com/iraqwarisillegal

      When you label me, you diminish me.

      —Soren Kierkegaard.

      Preface, September 11, 2012

      If Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, or Al Franken, all of whom I greatly admire for their courage, were to write and publish this short book, they would, despite fierce criticism, still be able to carry on writing and living their everyday lives. That to me is an illustration of the noblest aspects of American democracy and some sense of fair play, something Americans can be proud of. Bill Maher, having made a controversial remark about 9/11, did have his television show canceled, but made a comeback a couple of years later; and now, he is not just going strong, but is a multi-millionaire: once again, a plus mark for American democracy, though a minus for the network that fired him. Chris Rock is brave, and says a few brilliantly subversive things (I listened to him once at a New York comedy club after 9/11, and he said pretty much the same thing as Bill Maher did, but in different words). Still, he has a huge and loyal American following, and cannot be touched.

      I wrote most of the following long essay on or just after September 11, 2001, but due to recent traumatic events in my personal life [Continued here]

      APOCALYPSE THEN

      [BACKGROUND: The following long essay or journal of a mind begins with my actual

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