(urth) Like a good Neighbor

[James Wynn]

>> David Stockhoff wrote (21-11-2011 15:25):
>> Why do you think a death here harms the story?

On 11/21/2011 4:01 PM, Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
> Because it is undermining his second "resurrection" - central to the 
> book - his spirit
> passing into the body of Silk and guiding him to Blue.

No. It only *necessarily* undermines a particular reading of that event.
On the first reading, the audience assumes that Horn made it to Green 
and is then transported to Silk.
But the narrator has said throughout the book that he horribly failed in 
his task. Understanding that Horn failed in his quest even before 
reaching Pajarocu. Just as we thought the narrator of LS was a 
omniscient narrator but turned out to be a couple of kids who went to 
Silk's school, we find out eventually the narrator of SS is not Horn but 
someone else. In this case, the second resurrection is caused to make 
sense because we realize that  the Horn who went to Green, who 
negotiated with the Neighbors, is not human.
A changeling has been inserted into the story.

On 11/21/2011 4:06 PM, Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
> I think Gerry is often in the role of "underdog" - you are many, and 
> it looks like (for a participant
> who has no animosity or personal interest to take sides) you often 
> immediately
> (and aggressively)  support
> each other just from friendship or whatever - 

Gerry is a provocative fellow. I have many times proclaimed that I just 
won't read is posts. I'm pretty sure I've read posts from both David and 
Lee that declare the same. But then I'll note that he has asked a really 
good question and I respond to. But it invariably comes to the fact that 
Gerry's approach to Wolfe is so alien to mine and so useless to mine, 
that he takes such open pleasure in being ornery, that every time I just 
kick myself for being engaged again. He's like a crazy girlfriend I once 
had.