The littlest apprentices

b sharp · 01 Nov 2006, 11:51 · from 2006-November.txt.gz

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From: bsharporflat at hotmail.com (b sharp)
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:51:18 -0500
Subject: (urth) The littlest apprentices
Message-ID: <BAY103-F20C49ABF0D85DF2631E23BD7F80 at phx.gbl>

Just tossing out a speculative resolution for this problem.  On first 
reading, Wolfe's use of the term "wet nurse" adds to the sense of this being 
an archaic society from our past.  Could it be possible the wet nurses they 
use are actually some form of advanced technology? Perhaps some sort of 
machine infant care which doesn't use an actual breast to feed them.  I 
doubt Wolfe had that in mind, but, just a thought.

-bsharp

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