Monday, February 15, 2010

One Of These Names Is Not Like The Others

In a scene set in the far future in Ken MacLeod's novel The Sky Road, a character starts running through a list of "names of the One and names of prophets" in a moment of superstitious fear. The names he goes through include Allah, Buddha, Christ....and Quine.
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2 comments:

  1. Daniel LindquistFebruary 15, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    "Allah" does not fit, because that one is not a man.

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  2. BenFebruary 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM

    Fair enough. I guess I should have mentioned that "Yahweh" was also listed off in the passage.

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