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Paul Freeman <pfreeman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> enriched us with:
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> Troels Forchhammer wrote:
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>> Which made me think (naturally) of L-Space: If not only every
>> book ever written is found there, but actually every book that
>> might have been written,
[...]
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> It was actually a Red Dwarf/Doctor Who (All New Series 28
> Doctor Who) reference
Ah. The good Doctor Who is one of those things that I have only heard
about.
> as I've not an idea what L-Space is. Is that from Pratchet?
Yes, it is Pratchett.
Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of those
aforesaid little rambling, poky second-hand bookshops
always seem slightly unearthly is that many of them really
are, having strayed into this world after taking a wrong
turning in their own bookshops in worlds where it is
considered commendable business practice to wear carpet
slippers all the time and open your shop only when you feel
like it. You stray into L-space at your peril.
[...]
All libraries everywhere are connected in L-space. All
libraries. Everywhere. And the Librarian, navigating by
booksign carved on shelves by past explorers, navigating by
smell, navigating even by the siren whisperings of
nostalgia, was heading purposely for one very special one.
['Guards! Guards!']
See also <http://www.lspace.org/about/whatis-lspace.html>
--
Troels Forchhammer
Valid e-mail is <t.forch(a)email.dk>
The idea that time may vary from place to place is a
difficult one, but it is the idea Einstein used, and it is
correct - believe it or not.
- Richard Feynman
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