(urth) Gene of Green Gables

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes danldo at gmail.com
Tue Jan 18 10:32:19 PST 2005


Oh, goodness ... do we have a new genre here? "What if someone else
had written Gene Wolfe's book?"


On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:13:41 +0000 (GMT), Jim Raylor
<rjraylor at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Anne of Cerberus
> 
> Anne had her own Shadow Children : Katie Maurice (her
> reflection in the glass of the bookless bookcase) and
> Violetta (the little echo girl).
> 
> I was speaking of anise and Anne asked me how it was
> spelt. I told her and she looked disappointed.
> 'Wouldn't it look better spelt "Annese" with an 'e'
> like my name?' she suggested, a little vainly I
> thought.
> 'No it distinctly says "anise"...' I showed her the
> phrase in the book.
> 'Yes I know it... it is a smell and a taste... like
> those sweets that I didn't like much and that odd
> drink those French artists like too much... Ugh!' She
> pulled a most unbecoming face, but brightened up
> almost immediately...
> 'Let me show you some fine plants that smell of
> Annese?' She begged and I did not have the heart to
> correct her spelling.
> 
> 'Later, child... I must continue reading this book.' I
> announced at last.
> 'The writer must be a very happy man, now!' She
> announced as she read the cover.
> 'Why do you say that?' I asked, frankly puzzled.
> 'He was sad when he was just 'Gene Wolfe, The fifth
> head', but now he is Gene Wolfe the Fifth Head... OF
> CERBERUS.' She clapped her hands as she positively
> shouted the last two words.
> 
> 'And to think we almost sent you away beacuse you were
> not quite a boy!' I smiled at her.
> She looked pensive and was silent for a surprisingly
> long time.
> 'Is that what abo means?' she asked ingenuously.
> 
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> 
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