Re: What means "Consider Phlebas"?

From: Al Billings (memoria@memoria.com)
Date: Wed Oct 25 2000 - 17:56:47 MDT

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Hal wrote:

> All through the book I kept waiting to learn what "Phlebas" means, but it
> was never explained, or I missed it.

It is from a famous poem. I think a chunk of it is quoted on the opening
page of the book. I think it is by Keats but I could be wrong.

Al

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