Stuff In Steve's Office #7

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This is another of Hania's gifts, who has a flair for the 'perfect and unusual.'  This is a fabric 'alien' she found in a shop in Toronto, and thought it looked like the avian race in my novel ALIEN TONGUE -- which, quite honestly, it does somewhat, though it's lacking the wings it should have.  Still...

This person stands on a large block of oak atop one of the bookcases in my office in its permanent triumphal pose, looking as if it has been frozen in the middle of a oration.  I think it's a fascinating piece of art, myself...