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7:51 AM

@Bookworm @heather Thanks, that was really fun to answer!

Digging into an offhand reference in a Borges story, learning about ancient Persian civilisation, and rooting out a subtle translation error ... it must be my lucky day :-)

9 hours later…

heather

5:17 PM

@Randal'Thor thank you, your answer is quite good; I found the whole issue interesting.

also made me realize that i might try reading his stories in the original spanish.

2 hours later…

Bookworm

7:03 PM

Q: Quote: "No more effective device has yet been invented to prevent one man from helping another as writing a book"

I thought I once heard something like the following quote: No more effective device has yet been invented to prevent one man from helping another as writing a book. I also thought I heard that it was by C. S. Lewis. I can't find it anywhere. Does it ring a bell for anyone?