title: Some Voices - Acting Edition
author:  Joe Penhall 
description: 4M, 1W  |  SOME VOICES focuses on Ray, a young schizophrenic trying to reassimilate after a spell in a mental hospital. He is sent to live with his overworked brother where he is happy until he falls in love. When Ray finds himself increasingly frustrated by a maladjusted community and an illness he'll never control, events spiral toward inevitable tragedy.
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  Contents
  
  
  [Introduction](Untitled-2-1.xhtml#_idTextAnchor000)
  
  
  [Dusty Zebra](Untitled-2-2.xhtml#_idTextAnchor001)
  
  
  [Hobbies](Untitled-2-3.xhtml#_idTextAnchor002)
  
  
  [ Guns on Guadalcanal](Untitled-2-4.xhtml#_idTextAnchor003)
  
  
  [Courtesy](Untitled-2-5.xhtml#_idTextAnchor004)
  
  
  [The Voice in the Void0](Untitled-2-6.xhtml#_idTextAnchor005)
  
  
  [Retrograde Evolution](Untitled-2-7.xhtml#_idTextAnchor006)
  
  
  [Way for the Hangtown Rebel!](Untitled-2-8.xhtml#_idTextAnchor007)
  
  
  [Final Gentleman](Untitled-2-9.xhtml#_idTextAnchor008)
  
  
  [Project Mastodon](Untitled-2-10.xhtml#_idTextAnchor009)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Introduction
  
  
  Clifford D. Simak: Opinions of a Reticent Author
  
  
  “Destiny, the way you made your life, the way you shaped your living…the way
  it was meant to be, that way that it would be if you listened to the still,
  small voice that talked to you at the many turning points and crossroads.”
  
  
  —Clifford D. Simak