On 11/22/06, Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> maru dubshinki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 11/20/06, Deborah Harrell wrote:
<snip>
> > ...Also found: _Consider Philebas_
> > (?sp?), several Tony Hillerman Southwestern
> >mysteries I was looking for...
> I wonder if Consider Philebas is where Banks got his
> Consider Phlebas
> from? It's an interesting title which didn't really
> seem to be explained by the book.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_Phlebas>
<rolls eyes>
Hence the "(?sp?)" afterward in my post...
Actually, I think 'Philebas' sounds nicer out loud. ;)
Debbi
Borderline Snarkiness Maru
Actually, I was serious there. Reading the Wikipedia article, I see
that it's from The Wasteland.
Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.
Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
But that only pushes the question off further: what did Eliot mean?
What did Banks mean about Eliot's meaning?
~maru
[Once Ummon asked
a letter light//
Are you a gardener>//
//Yes// it replied\\
//Why have turnips no roots>\\
Ummon asked the gardener\
who could not reply\\
//Because\\ said Ummon//
rainwater is plentiful]
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