A deadpan Q&A about a proposal to build pyramids in Minnesota, subtitled A Serious Proposal.
“Q: Why Minnesota, then? Why not in a desert?
A: There, too, by all means. But, really, why not Minnesota?
Disch claimed that many readers volunteered their services to the project when the story was originally published, and reassured them that this was not a put-on: he really wanted to get together with some like-minded people, and build some pyramids. And, really, why not?
First published in Harper’s Magazine, 1974. Collected in The Man Who Had No Idea, Bantam Books, 1982
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