Cilinia's mausoleum

Kevin J. Maroney · 02 Jun 2001, 13:17 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at ungames.com>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Cilinia's mausoleum
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 13:17:17
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At 07:52 PM 6/1/01 -0700, Mantis wrote:
>OTOH, it does lead to an interesting notion: what if, instead of a FAQ
>about a book/series/story, what if there was a position tabulation, sort of
>like a voting ballet, showing broad points ("Participants like the piece"
>xx%; "Respondents dislike the piece" xx%), then medium points, down to fine
>detail points?

Ahah! The Wolfe Seminar! We could all get pink, red, grey, and black balls
and vote on whether Severian is his own mother....

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