Nine-tenths of reality

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Byrnes Weir writes:
> Andrew wrote on June 10:
> >Not necessarily, but you should see my Encyclopaedia.  I swear it has
> >an entry for this country call `Tlon' and I can't find it nywhere on
> >the map.  Although, then again, maybe it's my Atlas which is out of
> >date . . .

>         I wonder if you are familiar with a story by Jorge Luis Borges
>         "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," which gets its inspiration from
>         the eleventh volume of your encyclopedia

No, but my friend Bioy Casares has been telling me for years that I
ought to read him. Maybe I should add him to my reading pile.


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.