At 20:49 03-11-2002 -0500, David Hobby wrote:
The quote is indeed from "Gorilla, My Dreams". It is available at www.brin-l.com (Path: David Brin | Essays & Articles | Gorilla, My Dreams).> There was something from DB at some point about why the dogs weren't > part of the uplifted species on Earth. Something about them being > uplifted to where they could finally open doors, and then door > technology changed drastically, and this affected their emotional > well-being or something. If anyone could provide the exact quote, or > tell where it is for interested parties to look up, that would be > great.Sorry if this was already answered. I believe that the quote was from "Gorilla my Dreams", a short and very pun-filled satire of the uplift novels which David Brin used to have on his website. It does not seem to be there any more, though.
From "Gorilla, My Dreams":As I recall, the neodogs were suffering from some sort of acute depression. They had finally mastered door knobs, only to have them rendered obsolete by psionic locks.
"Next came the habitat of neo-dogs, a breed which had been under modification for centuries, and had recently, at long last, mastered the deep mystery of door knobs, only to discover that the devices were being replaced in most homes by galactic technology psionic clasps. That tragic irony appeared to have broken the species' collective spirit. Mostly, neo-dogs just lay around nowadays, whining, licking themselves, and snapping vicious, Chestertonian insults at the ankles of anyone who unwarily passed close. "
Jeroen "Architectus Websiticum" van Baardwijk
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