(urth) The Daleks of Saltimbanque Street

Roy C. Lackey rclackey at stic.net
Sun Jan 9 21:47:23 PST 2011


David Duffy quoted and wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> >
> > Gene Wolfe's tripartite novel, _The Fifth Head of Cerberus_, has excited
and
> > exasperated all those who have tried to interpret it in the thirty years
> > since it was written.  The mystery is at last resolved!  Wolfe, in his
> > inimitable style, has cunningly reflected stories and themes from the
popular
> > BBC serial, Doctor Who.
>
> Goodo!  I can see an episode of the _new_ Doctor already.  I am reminded
> of the Gilligan's Island exegesis.

Damn! You beat me to it! Anyway, the Gilligan's exegesis was about the
"Christic imagery" in the show. Not the same thing -- I hope. And I blame
you for getting that damn tune in my head again!

-Roy




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