# Land Across review *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 01 Apr 2014* > 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. --- ### Stephen Case *01 Apr 2014, 13:36* My review of THE LAND ACROSS just went up on my website: http://stephenrcase.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/the-land-across/ Warning: there are some (very vague) spoilers. -S ``` Stephen Case PhD Candidate, Program for the History and Philosophy of Science University of Notre Dame www.stephenrcase.com 815.295.4720 ``` --- ### Antonin Scriabin *02 Apr 2014, 13:39 · in reply to Stephen Case* Nice review. I got the impression (I've only read it once) that Grafton was suffering some kind of amnesia, and that he was a servant of the Leader from the beginning. He gets into some tight spots, for sure, but he always seems to be pushed along in the right direction. He is mistaken for a German, picks up the language quickly, seems to have residual memories of the Leader, etc. I think he is a native, a self-imposed amnesiac, that is being used as part of a wider plot to oust the rebels, and fix a few other problems. Ever see the movie *Cypher*? Similar idea. > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Stephen Case wrote: > My review of THE LAND ACROSS just went up on my website: > http://stephenrcase.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/the-land-across/ > > Warning: there are some (very vague) spoilers. > -S > > -- > Stephen Case > PhD Candidate, Program for the History and Philosophy of Science > University of Notre Dame > www.stephenrcase.com > 815.295.4720 > > _______________________________________________ ---