(urth) Cues and Lolita?

[Matthew Groves]

The initial open quote on " "Cues " is there because it's, well, the
opening of a line of dialog:

"Cues?" the young (not really so young any more) man said.  "I'm
afraid I don't understand."

Are you attaching some additional significance to this punctuation?

I don't like the scatological interpretation.  I suppose I'll go ahead
and reread the story, now that I've got the book out...

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Jonathan Goodwin <joncgoodwin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm actually teaching Island of Dr. Death, etc., in an introduction to
> short fiction class in a few weeks.
>
> The title of the story is actually "'Cues" (i.e., "Cues [unless it's a
> misprint]). It's an opaque story, and I'm thinking about what I'll
> have to say about it in class. I recall some discussion on this list
> about scatological imagery. Wolfe's stories also allow for a ready
> introduction to questions of interpretation and intention, as the
> recent discussions about An Evil Guest show.