Heavy Hyacinth

Andy Robertson · 09 Sep 2002, 14:15 · from urth-v0209.mbox · original

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From: "Andy Robertson" <andywrobertson at clara.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (urth) Heavy Hyacinth
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:15:18 +0100
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Actually, Smith's robots too.   And that is a linkage I had not really
considered.

The robots in Smith's stories may be precursors of the chems and of the many
"moral" mechanisms in Wolfe's stories (which reach as far back as the guard
robots in 5HC)

    hartshorn


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jordan" <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
>          All the stuff about the intelligence and personality of the chems
> and how it might come to pass is interesting, but ultimately irrelevant
> thematically. Wolfe makes them persons. Period. They are like Cordwainer
> Smith's "underpeople."


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