# "The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps"

*The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 09 May 2000*

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### Michael Andre-Driussi
*09 May 2000, 06:19*

> Adam wrote:
> The Tarot discussion got me wondering whether Wolfe ever alludes to the
> Tarot.

Gene Wolfe's "The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps" won the Rhysling
Award for Best Long Poem in 1978.

=mantis=

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### Ori Kowarsky
*09 May 2000, 18:14 · follows Michael Andre-Driussi*

Hi mantis,

I've always been interested in reading "The Computer..." but I've never been
able to find it.  Is it a chapbook?  Anthologized?

Thanks,

ori

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