Those chems

Andy Robertson · 05 Sep 2002, 17:05 · from urth-v0209.mbox · original

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From: "Andy Robertson" <andywrobertson at clara.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (urth) Those chems
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 18:05:16 +0100
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Surely this is a reference to "alchemy"?

Plus, the Golem's written sigil was called a "chem".


    hartshorn

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
> Meanwhile, back at the Whorl: one last question ... why, do you
> suppose, Wolfe chose to call them "chemical" persons instead of
> (say) "electromechanical" persons? Does this have any bearing on



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