(urth) 5HC

[Gerry Quinn]

On 02/09/2014 19:18, Richard Simon wrote:
> I said I wasn't going to defend this very hard. One thing we can all 
> agree upon is that the text supports multiple readings. Most texts do; 
> the ones that are designed specifically to do so are only a subset of 
> a much larger corpus. Still, just so far as this: yes, Victor replaces 
> Marsch. But Victor is a Shadow Child who is adept at mimicking humans. 
> The 'aboriginal inhabitants' of Ste. Anne are the Shadow Children, not 
> the Annese, who in my reading are merely humans who have experienced 
> cultural drift since being stranded on the planet aeons ago.
>
Let's look at just one thing:  Why does Wolfe harp on the fact that 
Marsch's eyes are an unusual green.  That the boy Victor's eyes are an 
unusual green.  And - even at the cost of some clunkiness - make sure we 
know that for Sandwalker's people, "Green is the colour of eyes"?

I believe there are indeed clues, deliberately inserted by Wolfe to lead 
us to the soliution, and that they point in a single direction.

- Gerry Quinn
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