BOC: Influences in literature

[Stephen Swann]

Alex S. Garcia writes:
>
> Hey folks, I've just started reading Bruce Sterling's "Involution ocean"
> (his first novel), and on the second page I picked up the name of a couple :
> UNDINE ! I was wondering how much that could be a coincidence ? Especially
> if you consider the book was written in 1977 (well, published would be more
> accurate - there's no way of knowing when the book was actually written).
>
> This made me wonder if some of you had noticed any BOC influence in other
> books... might make for an intersting thread, no ?

This is unlikely to the influence of BOC, except in that they're
both showing the influence of Paracelsus.  :-)

Steve
swann at panix.com