RLS and KM
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 02 Mar 1999
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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 <g>.

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