Other Essays, Table of Contents

Richard Seltzer
2 min readOct 24, 2021
The Librarian (Wolfgang Lazius) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, ca. 1562.

Adventures in Self-Publishing: The Lizard of Oz

A Hero of Ukraine and of Ethiopia

The Bugle Boy

The Nostalgia of Tomorrowland

Why Bother to Save Halloween?

Writing “Shakespeare’s Twin Sister”

Synopsis of my latest novel, We Met in Ithaca

Notes for a Workshop on Writing and Publishing

My Favorite Contemporary Books

Ancestor Surfing

Should You Publish Your Book on Medium?

Did You Watch Rome Season One?

A Vintage Look at the Future of the Internet

History Lessons

Suggestion Regarding Abortion and the Supreme Court

Guilt and Responsibility in The Odyssey

Living Eulogies

Euripides’ Lost Play: Suitors in Hell

Coffee and a Rose in the Morning, Delivered, by Subscription

Hero of Ukraine, Ethiopia, Manchuria, and Mount Athos

Football, Basketball and Our Perception of Time

To Beach, His or Her Own

Play Chess with the Dead

Need for Rear-View Mirror

Revisiting a Ukrainian Hero After Forty Years

My Thoughts on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

Rainbow Generator

Testicle Warmer as Prophylactic?

Quantum Meditation

Connectedness: Another Way of Looking at Life and Death

Invisible Leash for Toddlers and Dogs

Fearful Symmetry

Rape Recorder

Party Line — a Business Idea

Rebirth of Middle Names

Nothing is Everything

Alternate Statement of Quantum Theory

The Liberal Score Card

Fluff the Pillow — a Game Idea

The Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Us All

Observations on the Meaning of Meaning from Practicing the Piano

The Silence of the Cars

Would You Like a Huggle?

The Importance of Pissing Contests

Party Line — a Business Idea

Rebirth of Middle Names

Nothing is Everything

Alternate Statement of Quantum Theory

The Liberal Score Card

Fluff the Pillow — a Game Idea

The Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Us All

Observations on the Meaning of Meaning from Practicing the Piano

The Silence of the Cars

Would You Like a Huggle?

Stopping at a Stoplight in the Middle of Nowhere

What’s My Online?

How many I’s am I?

The Decoy and the Scarecrow

The Unwritten Contract Between Novelists and Readers

Don’t Forget the You You Were as a Caterpillar

Science?

Life in Different Scales of Size and Time

Thoughts on Space, Matter, Energy, and Time

The Gift of Unending Discovery

Having Fun with Open AI

AI Reflecting on the Purpose of AI

Family Music

Wakeup Punch

A Coded Message from Beyond

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Richard Seltzer

His recent books include Echoes from the Attic, Grandad Jokes, Lizard of Oz, Shakespeare'sTwin Sister, To Gether Tales. and Parallel Lives, seltzerbooks.com