From: Paul C Duggan <pduggan@world.std.com>
Subject: (whorl) One question answered.
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:00:57 


If I recall, when we discusses long sun the question of the literary
purpose of the long drawn-out description of the mechancial engineering
process of talus production came up.  Horn's new book at least gives us a
fuller explanation of this than "Wolfe is an engineer by trade". Horn
alludes to his purposes in making the Book of Silk have a utilitarian
function for those on the short sun who may need some of the long sun
know-how.

"I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, |  paul           + | +
elated, disillusioned, shocked, comforted, and I    |                 --|--
have to transmit my mental experiences lest I die." |                 + | +
                     --  Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy    |  pduggan@world.std.com


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