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Re: GG:Lambs
> The Goldbergs show up in:
> The Silence of the Lambs
> Goedel, Escher, and Bach
> The Goldbug Variations (I haven't read-- anybody know more about
> this?)
> The Collecter (by John Fowles-- which influenced Silence)
> ????? What else?????
I have read the Gold Bug Variations and recently used it as one of the
texts in my honors course on patterning in DNA and music. I would
certainly recommend Powers' novel to anybody interested in either. The
novel is structured with reference to the Variations and specific
variations [GG's '55 recording, although the '81 is also mentioned] are
incorporated into the narrative. One of the novel's characters is a man
involved with early studies on the breaking of the genetic code, and
there are many discussions of how living organisms and musical diversity
both spring from a small number of compositional elements.
It's a good read and certainly a more benign introduction to the
Goldbergs than Silence of the Lambs! :-)
Mary Anne Clark