(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

[brunians at brunians.org]

You're not one of those Reconstructionists or whatever you call them, are
you Antonio?

Us Americans, you know, am ignorant and unaccustomed to such advanced
forms of thought.

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> On 7/7/2010 4:33 PM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
>> Whereas you've done the reverse: you think everything in the stpry
>> must serve some purpose, yet speculation is free to roam.
>
> I think his point was "Inire is repeatedly compared to a monkey. This
> comes up several times with other characters. Are these flags that Inire
> is or has been in other guises. If not, what does Wolfe's repeated use
> of these simian signifiers mean? Why do they occur repeatedly?"
>
> I don't know if he's on to something or not. But saying "I don't see how
> this changes anything" is just not an answer. A lot times, you don't
> know a plot element changes anything until a good while after you've
> accepted it as true.
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