GRGR (16): Alphabetization of Silence

Lorentzen / Nicklaus lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
Mon Dec 13 12:15:53 CST 1999


  In "Nova Express" [1964] this concept is already present. But though I came 
  across several passages on the "virus of silence" and its salvation potential, 
  I, too, couldn't find the quote. I also remember a passage on the arrival of 
  the language virus on earth from "Citys of the Red Night", but then I haven't 
  got a copy around. Keeping my eyes open.
                                                KFL


Peter Petto schrieb:
> On 12/13/1999, Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:
>
> >  "Language is a virus from outer space" (Burroughs)
>
> Can anyone point me to the source of this quote? (...the text in which it 
> occurs.)
>
> I haven't been able to track it down.
>
>     p3++
>




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