# Ain't You 'Most Done?

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 28 Feb 1999*

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### James Moar
*28 Feb 1999, 15:50*

James Moar

From the Evil Overlord List: No. 116
If I capture the hero's starship, I will keep it in the landing bay with the
ramp down, only a few token guards on duty, and a ton of explosives set to
go off as soon as it clears the blast-range.

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From: "James Moar" <jwm1 at st-and.ac.uk>
To: urth at lists.best.com
Subject: Ain't You 'Most Done?
Date: Sun, Feb 28, 1999, 3:11 pm


Anyone seen Gene Wolfe's story "Ain't You 'Most done?" in Sandman: Book of
Dreams?

I don't have much to say about it, other than getting the usual feeling of a
Gene Wolfe story - ie, that I'm missing at least 90% of the point.

The only notable subtleties I caught were the resemblance between the
applying of makeup and the change in appearance of a corpse, and the
appearances of Dream and Death (which weren't hard to spot, in context).


James Moar

From the Evil Overlord List: No. 116
If I capture the hero's starship, I will keep it in the landing bay with the
ramp down, only a few token guards on duty, and a ton of explosives set to
go off as soon as it clears the blast-range.

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