Ancient Machines: The Lady in the Radiator is the Heroine
Ancient Machines: The Lady in the Radiator is the Heroine
“For in truth I was looking at a collection of ancient machines that had no meaning: all syntax, no semantics. I was claiming I saw a meaning in it. But this meaning had no reality, outside of my mind. I had brought it into the hall with me, carrying it in my head, and now I was playing games with semantics by pasting it onto these iron monuments.” — Neal Stephenson, Anathem The Lady in the…