Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> writes: >Electricity or gasoline, who wins? > >Ships or trains, who wins? > >Horses or cows, who wins? > >Hammers or saws, who wins? from Emma Bull's "Silver or Gold": : "You are a witch," said the King of Stones, gently mocking. "You : read symbols and make them, and craft them into nets to catch truth : in. This is the meat of your training, to read the true nature of : a thing. Here are symbols -- choose between. Pick the truer. : Pick the better." : He pressed forward first one hand, then the other. "Silver, or : gold? Left or right? Night or day, moon" -- she heard him mock : her again -- "or sun, water or fire, waning or waxing, female or : male. Have I forgotten any?" -- Konrad Gaertner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - email: gaertk at aol.com http://kgbooklog.livejournal.com/ "I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface." -- James Nicoll