Pretty impressive, Alex

Alex David Groce · 24 Aug 2000, 16:26 · from whorl-v0011.mbox · original

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From: Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce at gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Pretty impressive, Alex
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:26:31
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John Clute wrote:

>Still trying to get a chronological sort on what's been said and where in=20
>this list.
>        Noticed the reference to Moses. How old is this list? My own=20
>reference to Silk as Moses was written in 1996, for a _NYRSF_ review of=20
>_Exodus from the Long Sun_ . I didn't credit anyone, or any pattern of=20
>thought, for the image--and would have, had I known I was stirring a broth=20
>that had already been cooked.
>        Not that being the first to think something is the same as being=20
>the first to think it well--but one of the reasons I joined WHORL was to=20
>try to keep from reinventing the wheel.=20

>Best,
>John C

You definitely had the idea before I did--I didn't read Long Sun until
well after Exodus had been published (had to dodge spoilers on this
list for a while).  While I agree with Nutria that there are a lot of
"imitation of Christ" elements to Silk's story, ignoring the Moses
element in a series that ends with a book called Exodus is unwise.

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