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Contractions are a perfectly legitimate grammatical construction, and given the first person perspective and the characterization evident in the narration, it struck me as odd that…
06 Nov 2005, 19:43
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Hello all. I'm relatively new to the list--I posted briefly as Hitsuji a couple of years ago and then dropped out. Anyway, I recently finished reading The Wizard and had a question…
04 Nov 2005, 23:25
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Blattid: Ah, I misunderstood. In this case, then, isn't it kind of difficult to define a body of literature by the experience of the reader? After all, each reader will have a d…
25 Apr 2003, 01:14
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Many apologies! I'm still getting used to the quirks of this place. Unfortunately, I didn't save a local copy, but here is an attempt: You talked about how an SF reader tends to…
24 Apr 2003, 21:05
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You talked about how an SF reader tends to decode the language used in different ways from an MF reader, and here you talk about the focus of the writer's discursive energy. I'm s…
24 Apr 2003, 20:07
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Hello all! I'm new to posting on this list, but have been lurking for a couple of months. I have to say, you people constantly amaze me with your feats of analytical prowess. In…
22 Apr 2003, 20:44
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