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Snodgrass - a novelette by Ian R MacLeod




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a novelette by Ian R MacLeod
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Foreword
Which is more fascinating, success or failure? You can supply your
own answer, but I think we all have a voyeuristic horror about lives
gone wrong, not least us writers, who probably lie down with failure
as our bedfellows and dream-mates at least as often as do double
glazing salesmen - and rock stars.

Which is where the idea for 'Snodgrass' probably came from. I've
always been fascinated by those characters who leave bands after
some row in the back of the Transit just before the band becomes
famous. And why not John Lennon? Why not, indeed. Like most
great bands, the Beatles were always a hair's breadth away from
imploding.

I've never been a big Lennon fan, although only an idiot would deny
his great talent. In this story, however, he was cypher for all kinds
of music and art and dreamy ambition, and for all kinds of failure.
The music I was listening to as I wrote 'Snodgrass' was actually
mostly Starless and Bible Black by King Crimson, another fine-but-
imploding band, and the most eagle-eyed reader may even detect a
few lost scraps of lyric. But if you're a rock star of any kind, or a
even a double glazing salesman, I hope you find something relevant
and entertaining in what follows.




Snodgrass
I've got me whole life worked out. Today, give up smoking. Tomorrow,
quit drinking. The day after, give up smoking again.

It's morning. Light me cig. Pick the fluff off me feet. Drag the curtain


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