Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:34 pm
Is this a paraphrase of or an expansion upon The Wizards First Rule?That is so like people, who will tell themselves any lie to maintain a sense of normalcy.
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Is this a paraphrase of or an expansion upon The Wizards First Rule?That is so like people, who will tell themselves any lie to maintain a sense of normalcy.
I don't think people tell themselves lies so much as buy into the lies that are suggested to them.vburn wrote:That is so like people, who will tell themselves any lie to maintain a sense of normalcy.
My impression was not that the space worms get eaten by birds, but that regular ole' Earth worms are protected out of deference to their more advanced kindred.Philippa wrote:Well yeah, but space worms that get eaten by birds, need corpses to survive and live in a park...G. E. Lee wrote:I thought the worms were "space" worms.
at first i thought they were protecting the spaceworms; then i figured if they so easly conquored mankind surely they're not so vulnerable as to need protection from budgies. so i settled on the earthworm deference theory too.AynSavoy wrote: My impression was not that the space worms get eaten by birds, but that regular ole' Earth worms are protected out of deference to their more advanced kindred.
Good point!adam wrote:
i can't help but think the whole idea for this story shot out of a simple observation of the word.
"why are they called EARTHworms? i mean where else would they be from? ... hm.. actually, that might make a good drabble..."