: But he turned it over to his superiors in the next
: journal entry. If he'd tried to burn it before than
: and found that it was inflammable, I'd think it would
: have been worth mentioning. So I doubt that he tried
: to destroy it.
: Good thing, too...as Borges pointed out, the burning of
: an infinite book would produce an infinite quantity of
: smoke and suffocate the world. I wonder if the Myth
: team read "The Book of Sand?"
: --SiliconDream
I suppose they must have--though they made the same mistake he did and forgot to mention that it would have infinite mass and therefore would turn the Mythworld into a giant black hole that would eat the entire universe. No matter how thin the pages are (and I'm assuming they're at least 20#), an infinite number of them would have this problem.
Hey, want to open a can of worms?
If everything that ever will happen is recorded in the Total Codex, then there is no free will in the Mythworld. Everything is predetermined and the Nine knew exactly what was going to happen with the Head.
Discuss.
