(urth) The Sorcerer's House Questions (*Major Spoilers*)

[brunians at brunians.org]

As I say, I get the impression that Bax lies a lot, but not about the
supernatural stuff.

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>>So maybe the question with Bax is whether or not his ability to tell a
>> wonderful,
>>compelling, puzzling story (which is, of course, also Wolfe's talent) is
>> innocent or
>>dangerous? From that angle, it seems like one of the "big issues" with
>> TSH is the
>>relationship between fantasy and dishonesty. That seems like a perfectly
>> appropriate
>>theme for a writer who has always maintained that fantasy is one of the
>> best ways to
>>deal with the "really real" -- why shouldn't he write a story that
>> explicitly explores the
>>other side of that coin?
>
> I just think the story is lame if the whole thing is a fabrication of
> Bax's, because --after all-- it already IS a fabrication by Wolfe. It
> would be like saying everything in the Latro novels was a product of
> Latro's deranged state due to his wound. It makes trying to understand
> the "contrived" story to be moot, because any inconsistencies can be
> marked up to shoddy story-telling. We're already facing the problems
> of possible plot-holes anyway. If we treat the story as a work by Bax
> instead of Wolfe, what is the value of that? Shall we investigate the
> quality of Bax's novel instead? I certainly hope this is not true. I'm
> not re-reading it as though this is the case, because I don't think
> I'm up to analyzing two novels at once.
>
> J.
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