# Digest urth.v024.n005 *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. --- ### Kieran Mullen *02 Mar 1999, 14:26* > From: Peter Westlake > 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. > SBear. Will someone post/put on the web this second theory? Mark it with spoiler warnings if necessary. I'd really like to see it. Kieran Mullen Kieran Mullen email: kieran at mail.nhn.ou.edu Dept. of Physics and Astronomy phone: (405) 325-3961 The University of Oklahoma FAX: (405) 325-7557 Norman, OK 73019, USA http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~kieran/ ---