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<A title=dstockhoff@verizon.net href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">David
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I disagree. Typhon valued technology and knowledge. He wanted to
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rule a hi-tech interstellar empire, for which purposes an educated
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citizenry (for example, Mamelta) is useful. What makes you think he
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wanted to destroy it?</DIV></DIV>
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his people didn't even know how to speak out loud. Why would he <BR></DIV>
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them to read?<BR></DIV>
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and those like her didn’t speak out loud because they had an alternative that
they found adequate (presumably the same is true of Apheta, Tzadkiel etc.)
They were perfectly well able to communicate. Mamelta was trained as a
computer technician, and that was only a part of her responsibilities. She
did not appear ignorant on general subjects, although she had not been informed
about anything to do with the Whorl (then again, she should not have had to
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she reads we are not told, but she is knowledgeable about computers (and can
repair them) and spacecraft and biology.</DIV></DIV>
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emperor wants to keep knowledge to himself and his servants.</DIV></DIV>
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servants were his subjects. He might have wanted to destroy the libraries
of his enemies. There is no indication that he wanted to destroy those of
his friends. Indeed, I don’t believe your generalisation about emperors
anyway. Some emperors may. I don’t think it would be Typhon’s
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Gerry Quinn</DIV></DIV>
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