Spider on the Web 9 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #5
b"Thrillin' at the MacMillan #5: Space Art
\\n\\xa9 2007 by Spider Robinson
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\\nIt\\u2019s probably apocryphal\\u2014the best ones usually are\\u2014but one of my favorite quotations is what Mahatma Ghandi is supposed to have responded when asked what he thought of Western Civilization. They say he replied gently, \\u201cThat would be very nice.\\u201d
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\\nA lot of people will give you some variant of that same response if you ask them about space art. \\u201cGreat idea. Somebody should try that.\\u201d \\u201cWhat space art?\\u201d I draw blanks with the idea all the time at social gatherings. Nobody seems to realize there is any."