(urth) 3rd Cue's a Charm?

Dave Tallman davetallman at msn.com
Sat Jan 17 19:32:39 PST 2009


David Stockhoff wrote:
> I haven't read Borski on this story, nor do I claim to understand it. But few of those examples are even puns or anything like puns. Chair = toilet, OK; Deneb = tail; OK. But the rest are simply not-so-clever misspellings or forced associations. 
>
> The game of football is no less scatological by this logic---all those tight ends, you know.
>
> Wolfe doesn't require you to bring words to his stories. He provides all the words you need.
>   
Those were rough examples; I don't have my copy of the story on hand. 
I'll get it and try for a more detailed exegesis in a few days.




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