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The original story. The story describes the narrator walking along the beach early one morning in the pre-dawn twilight, when he sees a man picking up a starfish off the sand and throwing it into the sea.
- Loren C. Eiseley
- 1978
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Aug 24, 2014 · In Loren Eiserley's original story, the star thrower is not a boy but a weather beaten man and the visitor who encounters him is the writer, Eiserley, himself. Presented below is a summary of "The Star Thrower", in Eiseley's own words: "The Star Thrower" - Original - Loren Eiseley.
Star_Thrower_Cook. The Star Thrower from The Unexpected Universe, by Loren Eiseley. PART I. have caught a glimpse of what man may be, along an endless wave-beaten coast at dawn. It began on the beaches of Costabel. I was an inhumanly stripped skeleton without voice, without hope, wandering alone upon the shores of the world.
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Dec 20, 2020 · The star thrower. by. Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977. Publication date. 1978. Publisher. New York : Times Books. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
The story describes the narrator walking along the beach early one morning in the pre-dawn twilight, when he sees a man picking up a starfish off the sand and throwing it into the sea. The narrator is observant and subtle, but skeptical; he has seen many "collectors" on the beach, killing countless sea creatures for their shells. Some excerpts:
Sep 26, 1979 · The Star Thrower is the most wonderful essay I have ever read. In his despair and personal grief Eiseley finds hope on a stormy beach in Spain. This is a profound story that my words cannot convey how powerful and precious Eiseley's words are. Read it and then become a star thrower in your life.
- Loren Eiseley
