HW. Entropy tango./E. Bloom
Hardman DK
D.K.Hardman at CITY.AC.UK
Fri Jan 19 05:49:40 EST 1996
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> I dunno - I don't believe it's a coincidence myself; it strikes me as pretty
> far-fetched - but FWIW here's the passage from _The Transformation of Miss
> Mavis Ming_ [1977] in which E. Bloom introduces himself:
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> "Be certain," fluted the stranger, " that it is you who will come to
> understand my ways. I have no respect for customs, manners, fashions, for I
> am Bloom the Eternal. I am Bloom, who has experienced all. I am Emmanuel
> Bloom, whom Time cannot touch, whom space cannot suppress!"
Hmm, sounds more like Toad from Wind in the Willows.
Dave
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