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Wall of Nessus
David Stockhoff · 17 Jun 2010, 11:08
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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:08:22 -0400 Subject: (urth) Wall of Nessus In-Reply-To: <F3FE0653-76D1-47A7-A592-FD47F8B04A74 at liftingfaces.com> References: <844581.46262.qm at web84103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <F3FE0653-76D1-47A7-A592-FD47F8B04A74 at liftingfaces.com> Message-ID: <4C1A0226.8030201 at verizon.net> Indeed! Ryan Dunn wrote: > I guess, in the words of Thecla... > > "One can't found a novel theology on Nothing, and nothing is so secure > a foundation as a contradiction." > > Big dumb wall, after all? > > ...ryan > > > On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:06 PM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote: > >> The discrepancies that have been uncovered could fit into any or all >> of at least 3 categories: >> >> Unintentional error (oops!) >> Conscious error (So what? It sounds cool.) >> Intentional error (Bwa ha ha!) >> >> Only the last is of any real interest. Certainly, Severian's >> incomplete attempt to present a flat, simple version of himself and >> his life becomes a little more flawed as a result, and the >> relationship between the Translator and his text correspondingly more >> problematic. What does either one know about estimating height and >> distance? Why would they inflate what they saw? How would their story >> benefit from obfuscation? >> >> Truly the Wall is a Wonder, and it cannot be expected to survive >> close, quantitative scrutiny. If the Translator were to write about >> his travels in far Cathay, the results would not be much different. >> >> --- On *Wed, 6/16/10, Ryan Dunn /<ryan at liftingfaces.com >> <mailto:ryan at liftingfaces.com>>/* wrote: >> >> >> From: Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com >> <mailto:ryan at liftingfaces.com>> >> Subject: Re: (urth) Wall of Nessus >> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net >> <mailto:urth at lists.urth.net>> >> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 10:21 AM >> >> Forgive me if this hasbeen asked, but was it needed to keep out >> Typhon? Was it supposed to? What else? Any megatherians want to >> cause harm? >> >> I can't reimagine a scenario where a 9 mile high wall would be >> critical to Nessus. And I don't want to believe Wolfe just liked >> the idea of a 9 mike high wall. Unless it was a sarcastic jab at >> immigration reform. >> >> ...ryan >> >> On Jun 16, 2010, at 7:28 AM, David Stockhoff >> <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote: >> >> > So it's truly a Big Object. >> > >> > But how Dumb is it? That's the question ... >> _______________________________________________ >> Urth Mailing List >> To post, write urth at urth.net >> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net <http://www.urth.net/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Urth Mailing List >> To post, write urth at urth.net <mailto:urth at urth.net> >> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 100616-1, 06/16/2010 > Tested on: 6/16/2010 11:06:43 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > >
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