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Seattle and the Demons of Ambition By: Frederick Moody Seattle and the Demons of Ambition By: Frederick Moody Online: < http://cnx.org/content/col10504/1.4/ > C O N N E X I O N S RiceUniversity,Houston,Texas This selection and arrangement of content as a collection is copyrighted by Frederick Moody. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). Collection structure revised: October 26, 2009 PDF generated: October 26, 2012 For copyright and attribution information for the modules contained in this collection, see p. 323. Table of Contents 1 Dedication .......................................................1 2 Epigraph .........................................................3 3 Apocalypso ......................................................5 4 Knock, Knock ..................................................17 5 The Funeral of Bobo ..........................................33 6 Taking Stock ...................................................53 7 From Out of the Shadows .....................................71 8 Seeing the Light ...............................................85 9 The Children’s Crusade .......................................99 10 Breaking Out ................................................109 11 The Daimonian ..............................................133 12 From Here to In(cid:28)nity .......................................153 13 Kidsplace .....................................................167 14 Dark Pop .....................................................181 15 Revelation ....................................................201 16 Reincarnation ................................................219 17 Money for Nothing ..........................................237 18 Circling the Drain ...........................................261 19 The Return of Little Shat ..................................273 20 Sodom and Tomorrow ......................................291 Index .............................................................314 Attributions .....................................................323 iv AvailableforfreeatConnexions <http://cnx.org/content/col10504/1.4> Chapter 1 Dedication1 For Anne 1Thiscontentisavailableonlineat<http://cnx.org/content/m32541/1.1/>. AvailableforfreeatConnexions <http://cnx.org/content/col10504/1.4> 1 2 CHAPTER 1. DEDICATION AvailableforfreeatConnexions <http://cnx.org/content/col10504/1.4> Chapter 2 Epigraph1 2.1 Once the people here did (cid:28)nd a short cut to riches. From a red- brick hotel down the street, Swiftwater Bill Gates, the Dawson plunger, showered nuggets on the Seattleites who gathered in the streets below. (cid:22)Murray Morgan, 1951 1Thiscontentisavailableonlineat<http://cnx.org/content/m15722/1.2/>. AvailableforfreeatConnexions <http://cnx.org/content/col10504/1.4> 3 4 CHAPTER 2. EPIGRAPH AvailableforfreeatConnexions <http://cnx.org/content/col10504/1.4>

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15 downtown movie theaters anchoring what was then a moribund, homey section of downtown Seattle. I was a self-employed typesetter then, work- ing out of my home, devoid along with most of the city of any measurable ambition for myself or for Seattle. And I stood here now amid the rioting, while my
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