Ha, ha, not yet, David! Wish I could help!<div><br></div><div>Anybody heard whether Gene's gonna be able to complete The Land Across or follow up An Evil Guest with a novel set at least partly on Woldercan?<br><div><br>
</div><div>-DOJP<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:41 AM, David Stockhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Seriously. Has no one read Home Fires?<br>
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Apologies for all the links the Wiki paste put in there. Here is a cleaner version.<br>
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On 10/7/2011 5:33 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:<br>
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(1) What the hell was that about Ellen Woodward, Connell, and Auciello? The leader she shoots is not the hijacker's, because he (I can't find his name) is subdued by Soriano. Was Skip once someone else? (Why did Chelle think he had a cane at one point?)<br>
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(2) Charles is emphatically Chelle's father (unless he is not). At the formal dinner, his family reunites. All three have trouble recognizing one another (except when they don't). Two are known to be not entirely who they think they are. Surely the third is also not entirely who he is. It has been suggested Blue is an Os, but surely the Os are not sexually/genetically compatible with humans. Was Charles abnormally tall previously? Chelle says he would do anything to get ahead; he was quite old. To complete the trio of "spirit mounts," is Mr White Charles in an Os body (or some Os-tech amalgam that lets him keep his blue eyes)?<br>
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(3) Someone mentioned the loa; someone else also wondered about a mythic family containing a resurrected mother and a tricksy father. I don't know about that but has anyone checked out the Ogun angle? From the Wiki:<br>
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(a) In a ritual the Loa are summoned by the Houngan (Priest), Mambo (Priestess) or Bokor (Sorcerers) to take part in the service, receive offerings, and grant requests. The Loa arrive in the peristyle (ritual space) by mounting (possessing) a horse (ritualist) - who is said to be "ridden." ....<br>
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Certain Loa display very distinctive behaviour by which they can be recognized, specific phrases, and specific actions. As soon as a Loa is recognized, the symbols appropriate to them will be given to them. For example Erzulie Freda will be given a mirror and a comb, fine cloth or jewelry (Vanessa?!); Legba will be given his cane, straw hat and pipe (Charles?); Baron Samedi will be given his top hat, sunglasses (Charles again?) and a cigar.<br>
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Further, as to why Wolfe would suddenly write a voodoo novel:<br>
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(b) As a way to keep their European masters from interfering, and to appease the authorities who prevented them from practising their own religions, the African slaves in Haiti syncretised the Loa with the Roman Catholic saints - so Vodoun altars will frequently have images of Catholic figures displayed. For example, Papa Legba is alternately St. Peter or St. Lazarus, Ayizan is Saint Clare, and so on. Syncretism also works the other way in Haitian Vodou and many Catholic saints have become Loa in their own right, most notably St. Philomena, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Jude, and St. John the Baptist.<br>
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(c) The Rada Loa are generally the older, more beneficent spirits, and are associated with the gods of Africa. They include Legba, Loko, Ayizan, Anaisa Pye, Dhamballah Wedo, and Ayida-Weddo, Erzulie Freda, La Sirène, and Agwe. Their traditional colour is white (as opposed to the specific colours of individual Loa).<br>
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