(urth) 5HC

[António Pedro Marques]

Gerry Quinn wrote (21-08-2014 15:51):
> I mean, what would actually be Wolfe's purpose in intending an alternate
> story?  In what way is a story of two rival aboriginal races, one of which
> clearly believes its ancestors are human but is incorrect despite its human
> memories, better than one in which there is one aboriginal race, and one
> that is of human ancestry just as they say?

Precisely in that the former can be made to look like the latter while 
remaining recoverable. And making the whole exploration of identity more 
profound, regardless of whether one follows Marc's (which I like) or Lee's 
model (which I like better).