# RLS and KM *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 02 Mar 1999* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Tony Ellis *02 Mar 1999, 10:52* > John Bishop wrote: > Is the "Robert" he meets in the jungle greenhouse Robert Louis > Stevenson? Was there a "Marie" in Samoa with him? I can't help > but think the couple we see is a reference. Great idea, but... the couple see a plane (or what they interpret as a plane, it could be a flyer) passing over head. RLS died in 1894, long before the days of powered flight. But you've got me wondering if Robert is supposed to be some other real person. > SBear wrote: > At 02:12 1999-03-02 -0600, Roy C. Lackey wrote: > I have carefully gone over the text and have a theory that covers all of > the major plot points in "Kevin Malone" -- I think. It doesn't require that > I reveal any private, off-list confidences from Tony Ellis, so don't blame > him. In fact, this theory is very different from his. There is no way to > explain it without divulging parts of the plot, so be warned! > ... >> Well, it all fits. Anyone buying it? > Nope! Far too complicated. Tony's theory, which I worked out independently > following his original posting and even extended a little, is much simpler, > scarier, and fits the story perfectly without requiring so many Malones to > work at the same house. Seconded. I prefer Tony's theory too . ---