V--2nd, Rachel's rocks

[Mark Kohut]

Alice writes:
In the same Chapter (Failure), Adams heads out west with geologists to
study the tangled skein of rocks and stones. While he never pretends
to know much Geology, and while his knowledge of Darwin is a bit
muddled, his statement about the complexity of the earth preceding the
evolution of life is true in context. Unless of course, there is "a
soul in every stone."


And we might remember that curious moment in V where Rachel gets 
existential about the rocks...............................