Good thing Deri didn't discuss "A Grokwork Narange."  Hat tip to A.B.
Da?

Now you'll need to do your Seder in Martian, BB.

Heinlein was reputed to be one of the great Sci-Fi writers. "Stranger,"
little I recall, was an "update" on Christianity and pox Americana: the
struggle between our ideals and our greed.

"Valentin" was affirmation incarnate in an otherwise crazy world.
"Grok," his blessing of the moment.  I found the word mutated through
the novel, as words tend to do.

Cherios,

ISM
"Stranger in a Strange Body"






-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Deri James
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:31 AM
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Subject: Grok around the Clock

Hi Betty,

"To Grok" is a martian word (cf Robert A Heinlein "Stranger in a Strange
Land" (1961)) which literally means "to drink". Valentin Michael Smith
is
brought up from infancy on Mars (by Martians), and when he is brought
back
to Earth 20 years later by a rescue mission he "groks the human race".
It is
a quasi religious metaphor in Martian culture for having a profound
appreciation for something.

Us Nerds have rather taken the word over - its in the 1998 New Hackers
Dictionary.

More than you ever wished to know!!!


Deri James


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