The following is an excerpt from
The Book Of Gud (1919) by "Dan Spain" (Milo Milton Hastings, 1884–1957) & Harold Brainerd Hersey (1893–1964). Background: Gud is a god who doesn't exist because no one believes in him. Fidu is his dog. Enjoy.
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Chapter XXI
....."Who was that fellow," asked Fidu, "who passed me just now with such a wild, wild look in his eye?"
....."That fellow," replied Gud, "was an author who just spent a week-end with me."
....."And what did you do to him?" asked Fidu. "He was as crazy as the nebular hypothesis."
....."Upon his request I criticized his book, which he insisted on reading to me."
....."But what did you say about it?" demanded Fidu, "he looked as locoed as a lop-eared logarithm."
....."I made several criticisms. I told him that his plot was choppy, and that most of it was stale; that the work lacked sadly in originality and there was considerable repetition. I said it was very melodramatic in spots and that it had entirely too many murders, and that many of the biggest murderers seemed to escape without punishment. I also told him that it was full of sordid realism and most unhappy endings, that it was overloaded with action, and worst of all, it utterly lacked any evidence of a distinct moral purpose."
....."Well no wonder," said Fidu, "that the poor fellow was raving; you made, if I may say so, quite a severe criticism."
....."I grant that, but his book deserved it—everything I said about it was absolutely true."
....."What did he call his book?" asked Fidu.
....."He called it," replied Gud, "'An Outline of History.'"
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