Orchid

Gerry Quinn · 13 Dec 2010, 00:50 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:50:10 -0000
Subject: (urth) Orchid
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From: "Lee Berman" <severiansola at hotmail.com>
> "Something" implying an object is a funny reference.  Kypris, from our 
> perspective is not a person,
> she is a thing, a computer program. How do computer programs view flesh 
> and blood people?

As things, not people.  At least, Scylla does. But Scylla, despite being a 
goddess, is immature.

It seems clear however that other gods do not, and wise persons be they 
human or chem or something else view each other as persons.  I think that is 
generally the case in Wolfe's works.

- Gerry Quinn

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