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Light the fuse

Not the great New Zealand mobilisation novel

An early work-in-progress dedicated to helping,
circuitously, precipitate the Great Mobilisation

Dare to be wise!
Kant

A brief introduction

Hitachi in-motion-charging trolley dump-truck

Light the Fuse 
Preface

Cimino | 30 Jun 2024
Principal premise of Light the fuse: Not the great New Zealand novel  is that humankind will only mobilise to salvage a remotely  survivable climate, if, and only if, the mobilisation needed is promptly, convincingly demon­strated. Beyond urgent, the imperative for mob…

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Salvatore Cimino, Te Papa Tongarewa

Light the Fuse 
Author’s note

by Cimino | 17 Jul 2024
Salvatore, was the given name of my mother’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He, however—Salvatore Michele Saverio Cimino, born on Capri—was not the son-of-a-Salvatore, but of the third son of a naval captain, Michele Cimino, and his  wife, Anna…

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Harriet Cole-Scuttle and Hudson U. Rock

Light the Fuse 
Acknowledgements

Cimino | 25 Jul 2024
Home alone, her beloved unmatched-pair of Burmesies had dictated Sarah and I only tarry an hour or so, after Skerman’s send-off. Heading northward—that much  was apparent from the bearing of the sinking sun—we were only slightly disconcerted at how long Sarah’s…

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Dorsey Burnette

chapter 1
Light the fuse, step back

Cimino | 6 Jul 2024
Given Hutch’s deterioration, it risks seeming a cruel question. Judging, however, he’ll welcome it, Cimino asks his old primary school friend—and author of a round forty published books: “Hutch, are you currently writing?” His eyes light up. Enthusiastically, walking-

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