Excerpt from "The Land Across"

Thomas Bitterman · 22 Oct 2013, 16:51 · from 2013-October.txt.gz

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From: tom at bitterman.net (Thomas Bitterman)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:51:49 -0400
Subject: (urth) Excerpt from "The Land Across"
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On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern at gwern.net> wrote:

> with some jarring contemporary features like mention
> of an iPhone (an iPhone? in a Gene Wolfe novel? I never thought I'd
> see the day)


Perhaps he got tired of reviewers asking why his characters never just used
their cell phones, so he made a point of mentioning it.

-- 
There may well be microbial life forms on Mars, yes. We may be polluting a
pristine alien environment. But I say that, if they're there, *let them
fight for it*. Let them go to war with the mighty water bears of Earth. I
don't care any more. Space stations are crap. I want a castle on Mars.
   - Warren Ellis
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