Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: > If I tell you that I'll meet you at Joe's Coffee Shop at > 8pm, and I do not show up until 9pm, I am telling you > something: I am saying that my time is more important than > yours. I am saying that I am more important that you. > This is why, should that happen, I would rush to explain > why the delay was unavoidable, or I would apologize for > making you wait, or both. The action sends a message. If > the message was unintended, it ought to be corrected. > > If I require you to go through an unusual amount of work to > decipher a message that could have been delivered in a > straight-forward and simple manner, I am saying exactly the > same thing as if I had arrived at our appointment an hour > late. So what was the reason behind the stream-of-3-consciousnesses bit in _Issola_? --KG