The Trailer of Ink

Adam Thornton · 31 Jan 2011, 20:33 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:33:05 -0600
Subject: (urth) The Trailer of Ink
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On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote:

> 
> Severian's phrase doesn't include the key idea - the endlessness of
> writings. (Or at least, in a rather indirect way, with 'unslakeable'.)
> 
> I would look instead to Ecclesiastes. It is one of the wisdom books of
> the Bible, without doubt read several times by Wolfe, and internally
> attributed to a wise man. We read in one translation:

I'd also comb through Borges.

Adam

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