the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes

Andrew Mason · 14 Jan 2011, 22:38 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:38:45 +0000
Subject: (urth) the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes
Message-ID: <AANLkTimEzw4f1RpZrqOyZ0MGZZHTb8eamC+tLHydNo6Z at mail.gmail.com>

erry Quinn wrote:

>> Also, when he asks her name, Silk doesn't believe her: "Mamelta."
>> ?He looked at her curiously. "is that your name?' It was one that
>> ?he had never heard. "I think so. I can't ...." "remember?" he
>> ?suggested gently'." ?mamelta's memory is a bit unreliable, as
>> Rigoglio/Roger says the cargo underwent memory alterations as well.
>
> And?
> ?The simplest explanation is that this is just straight reportage. ?Silk
> has never met a woman called Mamelta, because there is no plant called
> Mamelta.

Yes - and this is set up by Mamelta's neighbour being called 'Olive',
which works both as a Commonwealth name and as a Vironese name. (And
Saint Olive was sold as a slave.)  Silk is discovering people from a
strangely different culture, and is surprised by various things about
them.
>

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