For the Gene Pool

Ranjit Bhatnagar · 15 May 1997, 19:23 · from whorl-v0005.mbox · original

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From: Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at gradient.cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: (whorl) For the Gene Pool
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 19:23:48
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[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

Um, does it have to be in the form of a question?

I feel like I'm dealing with a tricky gen-ie, and if I say
"Can you give me a brief biography of Maytera Mint" the
response will be "Yes.  Next question."  And I will have
wasted my wish.

By the way, you may have noticed that the Whorl and Urth
archives are missing.  That's because my web site has gone
to mainframe -- or, I should say, has been deleted from
mainframe.  Luckily, I have shards of the site hidden away
here and there; I hope to revive it within a week or so.

	ranjit

"You can't coat a wolf in chocolate because the wolf already has its own fu=
r"
					               -- Three Mustaphas Three

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