Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

Gerry Quinn · 17 Nov 2011, 21:38 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:38:16 -0000
Subject: (urth) Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy
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From: Lee Berman 

> > Gerry Quinn: What you seem to be saying here is that anyone who disagrees 
> > that lianas and inhumi are biologically connected is lying or stupid or both.  
> > That says more about you than about me.
 

> It isn't really your disagreement which I would consider playacting. It is more your
> assertion that such a clear and understandable idea as James' is so ridiculous as to be 
> out of the realm of possible interpretations. 
That lianas are inhumi?  I?m sorry, but while I find it understandable as a logical concept (that any A could actually be a form of any B) I don?t find it at all clear as a biological concept.  Nor do I see why it is necessary.
> There is a little part of your brain which 
> knows that is a clever and insightful idea and that it may well represent what Wolfe intended.

I don?t think it can represent what Wolfe intended.  In SF a creature may well be both plant and animal, but I don?t see the evidence that Wolfe is using such a concept here.  
And what exactly is this ?tracking? between the various plants and animals that you are proposing?  
- Gerry Quinn
 
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