The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps
Publication(s)
- First publication
- Speculative Poetry Review #2, 1977
- Wolfe collection(s)
- Awards
- 1978 Rhysling Award
Summary
A computer lists the Greater Trumps of the Tarot deck.
Analysis
- The Fool (card 0) gets a divide-by-zero error and the program crashes. There is something infinite about it.
- In The Greater Trumps by Charles Williams, The Fool is a symbol of God. Williams was one of the Inklings, a group of writers including C.S. Lewis and J.R. Tolkein. He included Christian themes in urban fantasy stories.