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The Whorl list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 27 Nov 2000
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akt27 Nov 2000, 20:10original
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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com> I doubt that Wolfe would resort to that cheesy trope of sticking himself in the book, but you never know.... You mean like the cheesy authors of stories like "The Last Thrilling Wonder Story" and "The Fifth Head of Cerebus?" Yeah, you're probably right... --Blattid
What does "blattid" mean? It's not in the OED. -alga *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes28 Nov 2000, 07:58original

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What does "blattid" mean? It's not in the OED.
One of the Blattidaea, of course. Or, as my dear old grammaw would say, "One of dem cock-a-roaches." Blatt! Blatt! *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

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