Peter Pitchlynn died in Washington D. C., January 17, 1881, a white man, the son of white man John Pitchlynn. But -by an alternate recension- he had been born a full-blood Indian named Ha-Tchoo-Tuck-Nee.
"So then: these were Srenki, men whose virtue was the excess of vice, who with leaden zest performed quintessential evil and so redeemed their fellows from turpitude."
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timrmortiss commented on the word recension
"I am not of the human recension myself. I am a mobile extension of the machine Epiktistes and I have something to convey to you."
- R. A. Lafferty, Arrive at Easterwine
August 2, 2008
timrmortiss commented on the word recension
Peter Pitchlynn died in Washington D. C., January 17, 1881, a white man, the son of white man John Pitchlynn. But -by an alternate recension- he had been born a full-blood Indian named Ha-Tchoo-Tuck-Nee.
- R. A. Lafferty, Okla Hannali
August 2, 2008
timrmortiss commented on the word turpitude
"So then: these were Srenki, men whose virtue was the excess of vice, who with leaden zest performed quintessential evil and so redeemed their fellows from turpitude."
Jack Vance, The Domains of Koryphon
August 2, 2008