Re: [silk] Pecular Behaviour of White Ants

["Divya" <divyasatyam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sorry to hear of your tragic loss.
Maybe the white ants are developing a weird sort of intelligence that let's
them pick the SF&F stuff: you are what you eat, and all that. You know, like
that infamous planarian worm experiment?

BTW, I didn't hear from you on whether you want me to send you "Sword at
Sunset" or not.

cheers,
Divya
----- Original Message -----
From: Ramu Narayan <ramunar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <silk-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: [silk] Pecular Behaviour of White Ants


> Just discovered that one of my bookshelves has been invaded by white ants,
> or termites, or woodworms, or whatever they're called, and they've been in
> residence for a while now. The little buggers who chew up books, walls and
> furniture. They seemed to have climbed up the wall angle, reached a
> bookshelf mounted at ceiling level, and proceeded to work their way left
to
> right. Far from gorging indiscriminately, they've been very selective.
They
> destroyed all my Jack Vances (including complete Demon Princes), skipped a
> Mickey Spillane which had no business being there, ate several Simenon
> anthologies but ignored single novels, started on a Cordwainer Smith and
> abandoned it, made a thorough meal of all my Brian Stablefords, ate one
> Updike (Bech: A Book) but skipped the four or five that followed, and
> played merry hell with John Sladek and Norman Spinrad, but only the SF
> titles.
>
>  The only explanation I can find for this erratic behaviour is that most
of
> the titles on their menu were DAW. Something in the ink or paper? Does
> their eating a particular book represent appreciation or criticism? Not
> that I care. I've had to junk about 40 books with much mourning and
> gnashing of teeth. Now will someone tell me, do they eat computers?
>
> Ramu
>
>
>
>


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