> -----Original Message----- > From: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info > [mailto:dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info] On Behalf Of Davdi Silverrock > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 5:45 PM > To: Dragaera List > Subject: Re: eternal recurrence > > On 5/12/06, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 12 May 2006, Chris Olson wrote: > > > > > Philip Hart wrote On 05/12/06 14:18,: > > > > The books are written in a variety of streamlined > styles and are > > > > well worth checking out. > > > > > > Thanks, Philip! I'll have to check those out. Do you > know who the > > > author is? > > > > > > Thanks for the info! > > > > > > Chris (Offering irony for irony) > > > > > > Sadly, I've been reading editions with the cover and > copyright pages > > missing for some reason. > > And also missing the spine, the back cover, the "about the author" > page, and the top margin of the book for good measure? > > I hear tell that the author's name is something like "Burst". > Just like a popped balloon. Or someone violently sobbing > ("...into tears"). You know who often bursts "into tears"? Samwise Gamgee. Especially because he loses so often at shereba that he gets deep into debt to Frodo who has to send his button men Merry and Pippin to collect, unless it's a situation that warrants the attention of Frodo's "wizard", Gandalf.