(urth) Key to the Universe

[Son of Witz]

On Dec 17, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

> On 12/17/2010 3:53 PM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
>> I know what you mean.
>> 
>> On one hand, the Alice quote is a legitimate literary allusion. On the
>> other hand, Jonas quotes it.
>> 
>> It appears that Urth has tracked Earth unnervingly closely in some ways.
>> But if you look at the Jungle Room, where apparently historical
>> characters appear anachronistically, perhaps there are serious
>> differences, proving that there can be serious differences.
> 
> Remember, in the BOTNS, time proceeds only mostly linearly, with many loops and echoes backwards and possibly forewards. If we take other metafictional hints in the BOTNS, the universe(s) described in the Book are themselves book-like, proceeding from draft to draft with the best lines and tropes congealing around the plot skeleton. The Increate, outside of time, fiddles with manuscript, keeping some elements while rearranging others, and trying to work in His favored set pieces like the Flood where He can.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com

Thats the shit right there, Jeff!
Nail on the head.
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