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Finally!<br>
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On 10/17/2011 10:02 PM, Stephen Hoy wrote:
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Stockhoff <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net"><dstockhoff@verizon.net></a> asked: <br>
</font>> Seriously. Has no one read Home Fires?<br>
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<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt; ">My thirst for <i>Home Fires</i> got
quenched in the first chapter while trying to figure out why
yellow FAX paper would be so comforting--apparently this is a
'finding' in color psychology, which presumably foreshadows
the overlays of color-named characters. <br>
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I forget who was supposed to find it comforting....need to check.
Yes, there must be other colors than Blue and White; there must be a
Yellow at least.<br>
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style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">> Was Skip once someone
else?</span><br>
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font-size: 10pt; ">Seems like everyone in Home Fires is/was
someone else so why not Skip? Question is, who? His
initials--S.W.G.--don't help me generate many alternatives,
although some sort of "Greene" seems likely. But Skip/overlay
might explain why Skip wonders if Chelle will recognize him on
her return--despite the Obvious Explanation that Skip will
appear different in Chelle's eyes because he has aged.
Skip/overlay also fits with Skip's too-easy transformation
into agile hero aboard the cruise ship. <br>
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Exactly. He doubts it himself. And it's almost as though he is truly
a wuss who has no idea he was ridden and did not perform those
deeds, but since he thinks he did, he becomes brave. Wouldn't be the
first time.<br>
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<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
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style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">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. </span></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:
10pt;">I do wonder how any of the Blue family can recognize
each other to any degree because they're all
replacements/overlays. Still, somehow Chelle recognized her
replacement mother at the airport while failing to recognize
Skip. Clearly an important clue.</div>
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Yes. As a person apparently in her own body, she ignored her mom's
mount's body and saw only her rider, but she didn't see Skip. I
don't know whether to take that as a sign of how well the technology
works or something else. Skip was not simply riding a new body, or
else there is no reason for Chelle to miss (skip?) him. The other
alternative is that someone was riding him. But he's a lawyer, not a
suicide---he wasn't wiped, he's ridden by a god if anything.<br>
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Does "skip" refer to the practice of effectively time traveling by
shipping outsystem? Is Skip's cover story for Chelle's mom of doing
"secret work for the government" (presumably complete with ninja
moves) derived from his own immediate past?<br>
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The voodoo angle doesn't help much---all the big shots are white.
But there are other color associations that may help. hmm....<br>
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