"sibyl" as in "multiple personalities"

Matthew Weber · 24 Sep 2002, 19:25 · from urth-v0209.mbox · original

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From: Matthew Weber <mweber at library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) "sibyl" as in "multiple personalities"
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:25:26 -0700
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At 12:20 PM 9/24/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Now that we're plunging into the question of how many personalities are
>in/make up Maytera Marble, I'm reminded of the 1970s book and tv movie
>"Sibyl" that was all about the woman who had multiple personalities.
>Interesting touchstone, and I wonder if influenced Gene Wolfe's notion of
>Marble.


Well, it was SYBIL, actually, but that's an interesting reference that=20
hadn't occurred to me.



Matthew Weber
Curatorial Assistant
Music Library
University of California, Berkeley

And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail.
         The Holy Bible (The Old Testament):  _The First Book of the=20
Kings_, chapter 17, verse 16


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