“Organic forms are in the universe of things and also reside in the universe of essences. There we cannot go.”

— Gregory Benford, book In the Ocean of Night

The Snark, p. 195
In the Ocean of Night (1977)
Context: Organic forms are in the universe of things and also reside in the universe of essences. There we cannot go. … You are a spontaneous product of the universe of things. We are not. This seems to give you … windows. It was difficult for me to monitor your domestic transmissions, they fill up with branches, spontaneous paths, nuances…

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