Varkin

General

• She is a writer of some note who lived at the time of the founding of Perplex City
• Only one fragment of her writing exists on Earth, in which she mentions the recently-founded Academy:

 Though the tables of this Academy be fine indeed
 the discourse of its scholars is finer yet.

References

• Anthony Granier comments on reading Varkin during his travels
• Abbey Road Print-out which contains some early information about the founding of the city makes mention of
• "What do they know?" Violet teases Kurt about Varkin in passing