(urth) TSH: Doris and Lupine

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There's a lot more happening in Dhalgren than things being seriously out
of order.

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> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Roy C. Lackey <rclackey at stic.net> wrote:
>> James Wynn quoted and wrote:
>
>> I can tell you right now that letters #21 and #25 just being out of
>> chronological order doesn't quite explain things adequately.
>
> To be honest, I believe that the comment that the letters "may" be
> out of sequence is a red herring, part of Wolfe's editorial "persona."
>
> As someone who's spent years reading and rereading Delany's
> _Dhalgren_, a book where things are seriously out of order, I have
> to say that I just don't see the signs of it here. It would take a
> serious smoking gun, something that _could not_ have happened
> in that order, to really convince me.
>
> Mind you, I'm not saying that the letters are all in "perfect" order
> -- or indeed that any such "perfect" order is possible. When you're
> dealing with letters from multiple people to each other there is
> always questions that arise of synchronization. But I suggest
> that the letters are in a good _functional_ order, one that, as
> best as possible, captures the order of events.
>
> --
> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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