(urth) the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes

[Andrew Mason]

erry Quinn wrote:

>> Also, when he asks her name, Silk doesn't believe her: "Mamelta."
>>  He looked at her curiously. "is that your name?' It was one that
>>  he had never heard. "I think so. I can't ...." "remember?" he
>>  suggested gently'."  mamelta's memory is a bit unreliable, as
>> Rigoglio/Roger says the cargo underwent memory alterations as well.
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> And?
>  The simplest explanation is that this is just straight reportage.  Silk
> has never met a woman called Mamelta, because there is no plant called
> Mamelta.

Yes - and this is set up by Mamelta's neighbour being called 'Olive',
which works both as a Commonwealth name and as a Vironese name. (And
Saint Olive was sold as a slave.)  Silk is discovering people from a
strangely different culture, and is surprised by various things about
them.
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