Short Story 19: King Under the Mountain

David Stockhoff · 16 Apr 2012, 02:03 · from 2012-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:03:46 -0400
Subject: (urth) Short Story 19: King Under the Mountain
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On 4/15/2012 9:11 PM, Allan Anderson wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:marcaramini at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     King Under the Mountai
>
>
> For some reason, I'm reminded both the of the computer in "The 
> Eyeflash Miracles" and the dwarf chessplayer in...argh, can't remember 
> the title, and I loaned my friend the anthology. There's something to 
> chew on there about the dangers of central control and the awkward 
> interface between man and machine.

Or is it about the awkward interface between man and the universe?

I'm reminded of the dwarf in the underground city in Tracking Song.

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