[UA] Autobiographical memes

[Ysidro]

kamikaze at kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu wrote:
> 
> holycrow at mindspring.com spake:
> >>>  I've long argued that this is the purpose of biographies and
> >>>autobiographies, and why I don't read them - they're attempts to
> >>>replicate some or all of your personality into the host minds of >your
> >>>readers.  It's a low-tech version of the War of the Memes (c.f. John
> >>>Barnes, _Kaleidescope Century_ and _Candle_).
> >>Also, Neal Stephenson's _Snow Crash_.
> >>cough<  "Das Garten," >cough<
> 
>   Is there a citation in the house?  Author, perhaps in an English
> translation?
> 

You don't want to read "Das Garten".  It can be unhealthy.  <grin>

Ysidor

PS~ Hint: 182.  Figure it out yourself.  <evil grin>  Don't worry, took
me awhile to realize where I heard of "Das Garten" too.
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