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? Sent from my iPhone 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 > (651) 280 8734 > [log in to unmask] > > > -----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>* >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3609/6740 - Release Date: >> 10/10/13 >>> >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3609/6740 - Release Date: 10/10/13 >>