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Originally Posted by fantasyfan
The novel postulates an alternate reality without J. S. Bach. Was there one in which Kubla Khan was no longer just a magnificent fragment but was complete?
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Yes. I can't recall the exact details but I think the reason Dirk goes back to become the Person from Porlock is to stop Coleridge writing the full poem which has information about the space ship etc, and they don't want that to be available. Although I seem to remember the logic doesn't hold if you examine it too carefully.