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2:28 PM

Q: In Seamus Heaney's North, why are the Viking's voices lifted ‘in violence and epiphany’?

It would also be great if you explain on the meaning of the words 'violence' and 'epiphany' in the context of the poem. Thank you

poetry

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Bookworm

5:33 PM

Q: Looking for a children's book about math, numbers, and puzzles

I remember when I was a child or young teen (~late 90s / 2000s) I had two books that were illustrated in a cartoon style. One covered math topics like the Fibonacci sequence, the golden ratio, googol. The other wasn't math related, but I remember reading about Zen, specifically that money rolls o...

identification-request

bobble

5:45 PM

If I want to ask a question about The Bourne Supremacy, what should I name the series tag? And would said series tag apply to either of the previous Ludlum questions, both of which sprang from Bourne novels?

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Gareth Rees

7:13 PM

@bobble Following Wikipedia, which calls it the "Bourne series", I would name the tag bourne-series. Compare redwall-series, moomin-series etc.

bobble

@GarethRees some people also refer to the first three books as the "Bourne Trilogy"; all the latter ones are by different authors

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AncientSwordRage

8:38 PM

@bobble I think making distinction is important, but might be confusing to have both?

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Gareth Rees

9:50 PM

@bobble It seems doubtful to me that we will get so many bourne-series questions that someone following the tag would be unable to pick out the robert-ludlum subset

bobble

10:00 PM

Got it, thanks

Bookworm

10:51 PM

Q: What does Bourne mean by thinking "geometrically" during the post-Victoria Peak debrief?

After the fighting in the Victoria Peak house, Bourne talks to a few government people; they trade information, insights, and heated remarks about the events which brought them there. At one point he mentions thinking "geometrically" but doesn't explain: "It is if he didn't expect him to walk ou...