The characters in Alnilam (an Arabic word meaning string of pearls and the name of the central star in Orion’s belt) skate, swim, run, and, most important, fly. I like the idea of skating not just in a roller rink but out on the streets.” “I worked hard on that because I like it myself. “Did you like the part about skating? he asked, turning to page 81. (“I picked this up in a resort for $2.75.”) The biggest man in sight, he was also the only one dressed like a sportsman, the only one to have disembarked from a plane with a volume of Ruskin in his hand, and the only one who would ask you to read aloud the epigraphs to his novel. The National Book Award-winning poet and novelist who wrote Deliverance in 1970 strode across the hotel lobby, straw hat adding height to his already looming six foot three. “It’s good, isn’t it?” said James Dickey, flipping through a copy of his newly published novel, Alnilam.
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