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On 8/16/2010 9:16 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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<div><font><font size="2" face="Arial">Gerry Quinn -- </font></font>Well,
if Incus is in love with Fulmar, whether it is a homosexual or
heterosexual love depends mainly on what Incus has under his
robe, about which we can really only speculate! For the
record though, I think your theory that Incus is a woman
is somewhat plausible, but I wouldn't discount the possibility
that he is a man.</div>
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I see your point. <br>
But for me, I see proofs (which, granted, are of a nature that you
might not find compelling) that --without these letters -- would
have strongly inclined me to believe that Wolfe was thematically
associating a homosexual Incus as a female. (And I would have been
embarrassed for the man.) "Soldier of the Mist" inclines me to think
he would not be so naive. And gratefully, we do have these letters
and the sacrifice of Hyacinth that cause me to *not* imagine Maytera
Corn as the Prolocutor prancing around in female drag calling
himself "Hymencallis".<br>
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