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On 3/15/2010 11:01 PM, James Crossley wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:C7C4347E.B5F8%25ishmael@drizzle.com" type="cite"><font
face="Verdana">Does anyone on the list really find these late
volumes—I’m thinking of <i>Evil Guest</i> and <i>Pirate Freedom</i>,
and even <i>Memorare</i>—enjoyable as anything other than puzzleboxes?</font></blockquote>
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Oh, yes! I loved <i>Memorare</i> (and didn't find much to puzzle about
in it) and also <i>Pirate Freedom</i>, which seems to me a fascinating
meditation on what freedom is and what morality is all about. <i>Evil
Guest</i> is sans doute harder, but I don't enjoy the puzzle box
version of it nearly as much as I just enjoy it as a story, a romp, a
mash-up of ideas and themes from pulp novels. Who cares whether it
makes sense?<br>
<br>
Fernando<br>
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