(urth) Faterh Inire Theory cont.

[David Stockhoff]

So a drop ceiling is simply a cover---in plain sight---for something 
Wolfe does not reveal at all. Yes, that's about right.

  It could be a ship---if the hull is both plumb and level.

On 12/11/2010 10:42 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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>> But drop ceilings are found in basements and office buildings. Are 
>> they also found in ships?
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> It's not just about the ceiling:
>    Jonas pulled himself up until he was sitting with his back to the 
> wall. His face had gone pale under the brown, and it shone     with 
> perspiration as he said, "Can't you imagine how this place came to be? 
> Look around you."
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>    I did so, seeing no more than I had seen before: the sprawling room 
> with its dim lamps.
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>    "This used to be a suite-several suites, probably. The walls have 
> been torn away, and a uniform floor laid over all the old     ones. 
> I'm sure that's what we used to call a drop ceiling. If you were to 
> lift one of those panels, you'd see the original                 
> structure above it."
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> My interpretation is that Jonas recognises the structural materials of 
> which the walls of the antechamber are composed and/or their design, 
> because they are part of his old spaceship.
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> I wouldn't say I'm wedded to this theory, but it seems plausible, 
> given the other supporting evidence.  And it would be typical of Wolfe 
> to hide such a thing in plain sight (I wonder if my differences with 
> Lee and James are in part due to us looking for puzzle solutions in 
> different places?  They look for allusions, I look at descriptions and 
> events in the story.)
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> - Gerry Quinn
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