Beware the clone. The same brain in a person raised under different circumstances in a 21st century world offering different, if equally unexpected, turns of fate might be perfectly satisfied in another dream-catching profession. Could the clone even become a word master in the age of spell-checking and automated editing and translation? 

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On Oct 14, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Rick Talbot <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Twainiacs, this is amazing news! Kevin's discovery of Clemen's nom de plume
> was astounding but this, this is really big stuff. The very idea that we
> might take some of Twain's dandruff and a denucleated ovum from a willing
> Twainiac surrogate donor boggles the mind. That donor should quite rightly
> be able to write fiction and nonfiction travel to make the match optimal.
> But just imagine the results. We might, for the first time ever, get to see
> what The Mysterious Stanger really was supposed to look like.
> 
> 
> Remember how the world was shocked in 1996 to learn that Scottish scientists
> had cloned a sheep named Dolly? Who ever thought that there was such a thing
> as Scottish scientists? Amazing.
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Talbot
> 1531 West Idaho Avenue
> Falcon Heights, MN 55108-2118
> (651) 646-6624
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Mac
> Donnell
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 8:34 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Great MT letter coming up for sale
> 
> I once encountered a person selling a book from Mark Twain's library who 
> claimed that because Twain had handled that book that it must have his DNA, 
> and I met a fellow who said he had traveled to various famous Mark Twain 
> sites and handled things at each place and therefore had left his DNA at 
> every site. The former thought he had himself a selling point, and the 
> latter was just strange in a creepy cringical sort of way. So, while I've 
> never sold a Mark Twain flake, I can confirm that they exist.
> 
> Kevin
> @
> Mac Donnell Rare Books
> 9307 Glenlake Drive
> Austin TX 78730
> 512-345-4139
> Member: ABAA, ILAB
> *************************
> You may browse our books at
> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 11:01 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Great MT letter coming up for sale
>> 
>> Then it's untrue that among your 8001 Twainian items is a vial  of his
>> dandruff you sell by the flake. I am relieved.
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 10/13/2013 11:22:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>> 
>> Kevin  doesn't have everything. Kevin leans more toward printed materials
>> than  autograph letters or manuscripts. Kevin leans more toward letters
>> about
>> his writings and publishing matters than those on personal matters. Kevin
>> leans more toward books from Twain's library than letters. Kevin leans
>> more
>> on some days than others, but as he gets older one thing is certain--
>> Kevin
>> leans more and more.
>> 
>> Kevin
>> @
>> Mac Donnell Rare  Books
>> 9307 Glenlake Drive
>> Austin TX 78730
>> 512-345-4139
>> Member:  ABAA, ILAB
>> *************************
>> You may browse our books  at
>> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Salwen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To:  <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 12:24  PM
>> Subject: Great MT letter coming up for sale
>> 
>> 
>>> The Bonham's  auction house will be selling the letter Mark Twain sent to
>>> tell his  family of his & Livy's engagement ("if you know her 24 hours 
>>> and
>>> then don't love her, you will accomplish what nobody else has ever
>>> succeeded in doing since she was born" etc.).
>>> 
>>> How is it that  Kevin doesn't already have this? Or does he?
>>> 
>>> Details  at
>>> http://www.booktryst.com/2013/10/mark-twain-on-how-to-announce-your.html
>>> *_________________________________*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Peter  Salwen*
>>> *
>>> 114 W 86, NYC 10024 | 917-620-5371
>>> *
>>> *
>>> 
>>> *
>>> *salwen.com  <http://www.salwen.com>*
>>> 
>>> 
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