(urth) Tzadkiel/Melek Taus

Jeff Wilson jwilson at io.com
Wed Jul 14 12:22:38 PDT 2010


On 7/14/2010 6:32 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> I always suspected Wolfe of deliberately using pulp cliches in BotNS. I
> had no idea he applied the principle so thoroughly. It almost has the
> effect of reading about ancient, clever technologies like ballistae and
> water clocks.

yes, exactly! only more briefly.   IIRC, Lem does a bit of this in his 
CYBERIAD.

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