"I am, to put it as bitterly as possible, a romantic. I know a windmill when I see one, by God...".
The Quick Red Fox, p.96 of the early Fawcetts
Aug 29, 2009
Travis McGee, futurist
" I get this crazy feeling. Every once in a while I get it. I get the feeling that this is the last time in history when the offbeats like me will have a chance to live free in the nooks and crannies of the huge and rigid structure of a an increasingly codified society. Fifty years from now I would be hunted down in the street. They would drill little holes in my skull and make me sensible and reliable and adjusted.
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Odin alone knows what Trav would think about having an RFID chip put in his neck. Something violent, I'd imagine.
Ahhh,I wish there were more Travis McGee books.
Don't we all.
Geesh, I miss him. And John D. McDonald, too.
Was there any truth to the rumor a final novel was in the offing which "killed off" McGee (only after such time as McDonald passed on)? Or was this one of the many rumors which floated about, just prior to McDonald's death.
The stories of a Black McGee have been largely discounted. One school of thought holds that John D. thought about killing McGee in "The Lonely Silver Rain" but changed his mind and sent him back to the salvage wars.
Anyway, I'm glad John left him alive. It's a pleasant fantasy to still have a flawed hero running around, screwing over the bad guys.
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