(urth) An Evil Guest

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Antonin Scriabin wrote:
> I just joined the list, so I don't know if this topic has been talked about
> in a ton of depth already.  I really enjoyed An Evil Guest!  It was the
> first non-Solar Cycle books by Gene Wolfe that I had read, and I "tricked"
> myself into not thinking it could be as clever and dense as those.  I have
> been looking over it more and reading about different theories online, and
> was wondering what you all thought of the idea that Margaret is Cassie from
> the future (after the harpy-creatures leave her on the island to become
> bedraggled and unrecognizable).  The way I understand it, future-Cassie goes
> back in time by traveling in a hopper at immense speeds, and intends somehow
> to manipulate the events experienced by present-Cassie in order to save
> Reis.

Antonin,

Welcome to the list.

Yes, this topic _has_ been talked about, and you might find some
interesting debate on it in the archives. But the fact that someone
else came up with it independently seems to offer some weight to the
idea.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes