(urth) Like a good Neighbor
David Stockhoff
dstockhoff at verizon.net
Mon Nov 21 10:20:34 PST 2011
On 11/21/2011 1:13 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* James Wynn <mailto:crushtv at gmail.com>
> On 11/21/2011 11:31 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> > > So we have an exact timeline. The long-nosed man visited him the day
> > > after Krait’s visit, and Krait visited for the second time some hours
> > > after his astral trip.
> > > This confirms what was already clear from the “thirst” clue.
>
> > Look, Gerry, I'm willing to debate when he sees the Neighbor and why.
> > But not without establishing that Horn has died. We simply are not
> going
> > to agree about the meaning of any portion of this scenario or most of
> > the rest of the novel without agreement on that. Further discussion is
> > pointless.
> Well, then it is up to you to present an explanation of the long-nosed
> man, because as I said – and you seem to be tacitly conceding – a
> ‘late’ appearance by him is not easily made compatible with the
> hypothesis [and I’m sorry, but it *IS* only a hypothesis, one I do not
> share] that Horn died and was replaced by him.
> He’s a big problem for the ‘Horn died in the pit’ theory.
In some mysterious way you refuse to reveal so that no one can prove you
wrong.
How do you know which Neighbor it was? Why do you assume the Neighbor
who resurrected him is no longer also still a non-Horn Neighbor?
Do you know more about resurrection than you let on?
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