contra Summa contra Marcus

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 26 Mar 2002, 17:41 · from urth-v0203.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) contra Summa contra Marcus
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:41:19 -0800
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Matthew Malthouse interjects a bit of realism to the discussion:

> ... we have a contradiction between celestial mechanics and
> narrative. It's fiction, not history, so narrative is our=20
> only evidence and it would appear that celestial mechanics
> can go hang.  ;-)

Bravo.=20

The play's the thing -- or, rather, the novel is. Wolfe may=20
be following yet another basic convention of science fiction:=20
when physical reality conflicts with a compelling storyline,=20
and you can't reconcile the two, wave your hands and make the
physical reality go away. It's all about the story.

--Blattid

--=20

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