# Digest whorl.v007.n020

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 07 Sep 1997*

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### Alice Turner
*07 Sep 1997, 17:00*

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> 	At the same time, some people just aren't reading very carefully. The
> analytical afterword in my Ace paperback edition of "Fifth Head" praises
> Wolfe for not telling us whether V.R.T. is an alien shapeshifter or a
> human
> being; in fact, it is clear he is an alien. (Ah, but why is he called V.

I

> get the R.T., but why the V. )

Huh? Care to share? I get the V---fifth head, Number Five, Veil, Victor
etc.---but not the RT.

> 	I wish you distributed it better! I was in NYC last week and shopped
> several places, including SF stores, and nobody had the NYRSF, and most
> had
> never heard of it. 

Ratty, distribution is via moi. Send your mailing address not to this email
address but to al at ny.playboy.com and I will send a xeroxed copy via snail
mail.

-alga-

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