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<font size=3>Well, but remember that Green is not too bright. He's one of
Wolfe's successful, I think, usages of a rather low IQ character who is
still good and good-hearted. Remember how SilkHorn has some very odd
medical views, which we as readers know to be wrong.<br><br>
I'm not really disputing you. I'm just tossing in a caveat. What Green
thinks might not actually be so.<br><br>
What is clear is that Mama (the church) and her Boys (priests) want to
save (redeem) this parallel world. It's an Italian Restaurant (the
sacramental church) that is the main Door.<br><br>
Some may not know it, but this is Wolfe's favorite novel.<br><br>
"Hi! I'm your doll! And I can talk!" -- you gotta love
it!<br><br>
Nutria the Nutricious<br><br>
At 11:09 AM 5/21/2009, you wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I bought "There Are
Doors" at a used bookstore<br>
last week. I am thoroughly impressed.</blockquote><br>
TAD is the only "parallel universe" story to offer a systemic
justification the close similarities in parallel universes that have
major variations in their histories: Nearby universes are influencing
each other at a non-rational level.</blockquote><br>
What's non-rational about people spreading artifacts, memes, and genes
back and forth?</blockquote><br>
That's not the explanation given. Green compares the universes to two
adjacent guitar strings tuned to the same note. When you pluck one, the
other resonates. By the same token, men in our world wear black at their
weddings. There's no "reason" for it. They wear black
here, because they wear black there. They wear black there for a rational
reason: The man is about to die.<br><br>
J. <br>
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