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From: "Joe Leighly" <jussive@eskimo.com>
Subject: (urth) Known allusion?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 21:06:13
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Hello, I noticed this once. No doubt it's been considered and either
rejected or accepted a long time ago, but I haven't read much =
commentary.
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1. Borges, "The Garden of Forking Paths":
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"'I see that the worthy Hsi P'eng has troubled himself to see to=20
relieving my solitude. No doubt you want to see the garden?'"
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[narrator is then shown a book, which is the garden, and subsequently
kills the other]
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2. Wolfe, Claw of the Conciliator, end of Ch. XX:
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"and I said, 'Then you can show me where the garden is.'"
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[ditto]
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Joseph
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hello, I noticed this once. No =
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1. Borges, "The Garden of =
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Paths":</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>"'I see that the worthy Hsi =
P'eng has=20
troubled himself to see to <BR>relieving my solitude. No doubt you =
want to=20
see the garden?'"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>[narrator is then shown a book, =
which is the=20
garden, and subsequently<BR>kills the other]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><BR>2. Wolfe, Claw of the =
Conciliator, end of=20
Ch. XX:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>"and I said, 'Then you can show =
me where=20
the garden is.'"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>[ditto]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><BR>1:2::time:space</FONT></DIV>
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