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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Castrovalva
Message-ID: <1491@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 23:59:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 23:59:26 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 21-Nov-84 01:31:35 EST
Reply-To: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

I recently read the novelisation of Castrovalva, and the forward mentions
it's inspired by M. C. Escher's drawing of the same name (I have not had the
opportunity to see the episode yet; locally they just started rerunning
Baker).  For those interested, Castrovalva is Figure 104 in Godel, Escher,
Bach, An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter.  The state in the
later part of the novel evokes images like those in figures 22 and 23 (for me).
-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
2500 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(213)820-4111 x5449
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