From: g@crcomp.net   
      
   Titus G wrote:   
   > Don wrote:   
      
      
      
   >>     THE GOLDEN OECUMENE trilogy by Wright worked the same way. It   
   >> required repetitive readings (eg hearings) to fully understand.   
   >>     MiM subheads each story snippet with a random integer. What are   
   >> they supposed to be? Something similar to nexus markers for THE GARDEN   
   >> OF FORKING PATHS by Borges? Are readers supposed to put them in order   
   >> to make sense of the plot? Such questions come to mind when MiM's either   
   >> heard or read.   
   >   
   > The numbers heading the story snippets state the chronological order of   
   > events. I suspect that I would not have been able to follow the story if   
   > I had listened to it rather than reading it. When I became confused when   
   > reading, it was a simple task to get back on track by rereading parts   
   > numbered one before or one after the current heading number   
      
   Integer puzzle profusion into plot? Yes! Wright's chronologically   
   confused concoction categorically belongs in my wheelhouse. Bless   
   you for taking the time to tune me to it.   
       Audiobooks tend to work well for rhetorical and fictional works. An   
   audiobook on FCC law helped me successfully upgrade my ham license from   
   "General" to "Extra." On the other hand, for most math-based textbooks,   
   any associated audiobook fails miserably.   
       THE PLURAL OF HELEN OF TROY echoes an earlier work: HAPPY ENDING by   
   Kuttner. Precedence does not imply provenance. Near the end, HELEN's PI   
   tells himself, "They changed this city of paradise into a Valhalla, and   
   sent back agents to choose among the dead for historical figures to   
   people their museum and amuse them."   
       Speaking of Valhalla amusement, after thirty-three hours, not a   
   minute more, not a minute less, Charlie Kirk's assassin was allegedly   
   found, followed by FBI furry fedslop: "We have the watch, and I'll see   
   you in Valhalla." WTF?!?! Western Civilization as pulp fiction?   
       Candace confided Charlie knew he was going to die young and thought   
   he was a time traveller. Theodore Beale believes Candace says what her   
   audience wants to hear.   
      
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