Books: The Whole Universe Catalogue

BUCKY byHUGHKENNER 338 pages. Morrow. $7.95.

If you want to get in touch with R. Buckminster Fuller—to invite him to accept yet another honorary degree, or to complain of a leak in your geodesic dome—what you do is cable "BUCKY," Carbondale, Ill. Trouble is, he is not likely to be there. With the exception of astronauts and veteran airline pilots, Fuller is one of the most traveled men in human history. There are well over 3,000,000 miles in his wake, and a schedule of worldwide lectures and consultations so crowded that he wears three watches. One runs on Carbondale time, where at...

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