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On 11/5/2011 10:42 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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10:30 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:<br>
> > How come nobody even mentioned the clearly
stated explanation of <br>
> > Silent and Silver Silk before now? Those who
object to my claim that <br>
> > my methodology largely involves reading the text
have some questions <br>
> > to answer. How can one run with the faun theory
and seemingly not <br>
> > even notice the other?<br>
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> I thought the reason was that they were readily seen,
known, and agreed <br>
> upon. Not mentioning doesn't mean not noticing.</div>
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The search in the archives is notoriously unreliable. However,
honestly, I didn't think there was anything revealing or debatable
about Wolfe's rationalization for assigning the names "Silent
Silk/Silver Silk" to the Whorl god. The issue is the reason WHY he
had people assign those two separate designations to the god in the
first place.<br>
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Okay. Then, I am going to apply Gerry's literary criticism method to
a hypothetical book.<br>
<br>
This book makes references to "<span class="Apple-style-span"
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial,sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-size: small; display: inline ! important; float: none;">Lorina
Liddell's sister" and "L</span>odh Carol"<span
class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small; display:
inline ! important; float: none;">. The main character (a blonde
BOY wearing a blue and white outfit) enters a cave around which
rabbits have created extensive warrens. On the other side, he
meets a wagon maker (</span><span class="foreign">latin,
"carpentarius") </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-size: small; display: inline ! important; float: none;">who
says he used to work at Sea World where he trained a walrus to do
tricks. His nemeses are a pair of overweight twins named Deter and
Dumball who are the leaders of opposing sides in a gang war. One
of them explains that their weight problems are due to a
congenital condition cause by a leptin condition. They explain
that their parents named them for the two closest towns to the
house where they were born. <br>
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Now using Gerry's method, it is ludicrous to think the author is
flashing references to the works of Lewis Carroll. After all, the
meaning of Deter and Dumball's names is clearly explained and is
not literary at all. Their chubbiness is a result of a specific
plot element in their lives. Analyzing the plot with reference to
Alice's adventures in Wonderland is a terrific waste of time.<br>
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I think this method is counter-productive.<br>
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