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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/25/2013 11:14 PM, Jerry Friedman
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px;
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transparent; font-style: normal;">>Religion vs.
non-religion, I don't know, passages from NOVA and other works
feel pretty damn religious to me. Maybe Delany doesn't
believe, but he sure can talk the talk.<br>
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Maybe I was too sure of myself, but I very, very strongly
suspect that he simply dismisses the talk, except maybe in
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I think Delany is concerned with, among other things, words and
language and symbols as a form of power. Neveryona and some other
novels are preoccupied with this idea (and sex). <br>
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I don't see such a person as being interested in religion except as
another form of power and another source of language. But I could be
wrong.<br>
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