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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=entonio@gmail.com
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class=Apple-style-span>No dia 22/10/2011, às 04:31, Marc Aramini <<A
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> <SPAN>--- On Fri, 10/21/11, Andrew Mason <<A
href="mailto:andrew.mason53@googlemail.com">andrew.mason53@googlemail.com</A>>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f5f5">> > > </FONT><SPAN>Not
in the _Sun_ cycle, as far as I can remember. Perhaps</SPAN></DIV>
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</FONT><SPAN>that Weer is dead?</SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f5f5">> > </FONT><SPAN>Every body agrees
on that because Wolfe said it in early interviews. Otherwise, we would
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f5f5">> </FONT><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f5f5">> </FONT>be arguing about that,
too.</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f5f5">> </FONT>Maybe you're right. And
the same goes for Dorcas, some say. Sounds bleak to me. </DIV>
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<DIV>It’s not that bad, I think. If Wolfe says something, after all,
others might have come to the realisation later. As for Weer, when I read
_Peace_ I didn’t know he was dead, but it was clear that he was at least dying
if not dead, and I’m not sure that the difference is hugely important. I
think I did settle on him probably been dead, mainly because I felt he was being
punished in some way (perhaps just by becoming an unquiet spirit).</DIV>
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<DIV>The lander overruling the destination set by Quetzal was a bad one, though
– we should have noticed the monitor in sick bay!</DIV>
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<DIV>As for mysteries, I think a lot of people are seeing mysteries where there
are none, and of course they cannot find consistent answers to them. In
Fifth Head, for example, we are told quite clearly who the Shadow Children are
(in this case Wolfe actually said the opposite in an interview fifteen years
after publication, but I’m certain it was an error!) Trying to paint them
as the aboriginal Annese just leads to confusion and inconsistency, and
‘mysteries’ that aren’t really there at all.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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