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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/09/2014 19:18, Richard Simon
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<div><span>I said I wasn't going to defend this very hard. One
thing we can all agree upon is that the text supports
multiple readings. Most texts do; the ones that are designed
specifically to do so are only a subset of a much larger
corpus. Still, just so far as this: yes, Victor replaces
Marsch. But Victor is a Shadow Child who is adept at
mimicking humans. The 'aboriginal inhabitants' of Ste. Anne
are the Shadow Children, not the Annese, who in my reading
are merely humans who have experienced cultural drift since
being stranded on the planet aeons ago.</span></div>
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Let's look at just one thing: Why does Wolfe harp on the fact that
Marsch's eyes are an unusual green. That the boy Victor's eyes are
an unusual green. And - even at the cost of some clunkiness - make
sure we know that for Sandwalker's people, "Green is the colour of
eyes"?<br>
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I believe there are indeed clues, deliberately inserted by Wolfe to
lead us to the soliution, and that they point in a single direction.<br>
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- Gerry Quinn<br>
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