Until yesterday my eyes just glazed over at technical material. Gobsmacked.
The Real World of Technology. I fell asleep to the radio series this was based on, dreaming in beautifully clear nuance and precise dancing diction; reading the book, I hear that but with more time to think through Ursula's density of ideas.
Palimpzest Puritan names from quotes Clapping when the plane lands
light velocity "it's been really generative" Markov play scripts (scriptures) Technology SF imminent immanent Enjoy through etc. syntactical language black box theatre as a camera obscura the skin of your teeth (play) mural biologist
I can slowly feel myself slithering away like slime molf Mold*
haha another good metaphor! growing in other directions towards new nutrients :D