Names Changed to Protect a Genius ...

[Dave Monroe]

... he was extremely exacting about his writing techniques: "You know,
Bruce, those high school biology texts with centerfold transparencies,
first the skeleton, and then the muscles...well this is the technique
I use for writing." Don't ask me to explain that statement, other than
the reference to the layers. It also sounds almost like the way a
wafer (silicon chip) is made: layer upon layer and each layer with
encoded metallurgic pathways that spell out "yes" and "no" according
to how the electrons interact on the subatomic level. (Forgive me. I
am not a scientist or an electrical engineer...so...just a picture
here of how Ervin set words down layer upon layer, transparency upon
transparency.)
   He was a walking encyclopedia and could pull concise details out of
the air on a whim or at the mere mention of a subject....

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