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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maru writes:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> As usual, I've been reading through the
archives again; I've</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> noticed that one of the more popular
theories for Fifth Head</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> of Cerberus is that the unnamed family is
surnamed "Wolfe".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> I can see the attraction of this, in an novel
concerned with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> identity, and with the only obvious clear
clue to the surname</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> the statement "the kids called our house
"la maison du chien""</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> (to quote from memory) in the first
novella. But this has a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> problem with solving as Wolfe. Cerberus
is a dog; the three-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> headed beast is a dog. "Wolfe"=wolfe !=dog !=
Cerberus/</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> three-headed dog in the front of the mansion.
The archives</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> don't tell me how this difficulty was
resolved, if it was, or even</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> if it ever came up.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The name of the house is not the only obvious clear
clue as to the family surname. We're also told that Number 5's father has
written lots of books and that Number 5 looks for them when he visits the
library. He clearly expects the books to be in the fiction section,
since that's where he's looking, and the last name they're under is in the W
section near Virginia Woolf (if I recall correctly).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So we're looking for a last name that is related to
the French word "chien" (dog) and begins with a W. There's only one I can
think of and that's "wolf." Doesn't Wolfe have an essay somewhere (perhaps
in Castle of Days) where he talks about how dogs are just tame
wolves?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Furthermore, we're also told that Number 5's aunt
is named Jeanette. Given that she's the sister of Number 5's father and
that both of them are therefore likely to be clones of the grandfather, the
theory is that Number 5's father is probably named "Jean," the French version of
John. But pronounced in an English way, "Jean" is homophonic with
"Gene."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That, at least, is the theory set forth (again: if
I recall correctly) by Robert Borski. Speaking of which, is his Fifth Head
website up again yet?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John</FONT></DIV>
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