LOWE, ADAM / SCHAFFER, SIMON
THE IDENTITY ENGINE AND ITS OUTPUTS BELONG TO A LONG HISTORY AF AMAZEMENT IN THE FACE OF STRANGE OBJECTS. DEMONIC, OBSCENE OR UNCANNY, THEY ARE HARD TO DEFINE BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE, THE WILD EYES, DRY THROATED PROTAGONIST OF FLANN OBRIENS THE THIRD POLICEMAN, TRAPPED IN AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF INFERNAL EXPERIENCES IN A WORLD OF STRANGE ENGINES, TRIES TO EXPLAIN: IT TOOK ME HOURS OF THOUGHT LONG AFTERWARDS TO REALISE WHY THESE OBJECTS WERE ASTONISHING. THEY LACKED AN ESSENTIAL PROPERTY OF ALL KNOWN OBJECTS. I CANNOT CALL ITS SHAPE OR CONFIGURATION SINCE SHAPELESSNESS IS NOT WHAT I REFER TO AT ALL. I CAN ONLY SAY THESE OBJECTS, NOT ONE OF WHICH RESEMBLED THE OTHER, WERE OF NO KNOWN DIMENSIONS.