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Posted on March 15, 2018 at 1:54 pm by Gene Ambaum
Characters: Martin
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Patron: I want a list of words in this book.
Martin: I’m afraid we don’t have a concordance for current, popular fiction.
Patron: I don’t want to read words I find objectionable to any of my values.
Martin: You could keyword search for each of them in the ebook, but that would defeat the purpose.
Patron: I’m sorry I’ve taken up your time.
Martin: I’m sorry I couldn’t give you the help you asked for.
Patron: I’m from the future.
Martin: I’m afraid we don’t have a concordance for current, popular fiction.
Patron: I don’t want to read words I find objectionable to any of my values.
Martin: You could keyword search for each of them in the ebook, but that would defeat the purpose.
Patron: I’m sorry I’ve taken up your time.
Martin: I’m sorry I couldn’t give you the help you asked for.
Patron: I’m from the future.
So was being from the future the true part of the true story?
Where is Grant to point out this is trivial to accomplish for an ebook?