TWK Able's ambulance

Stanislaus · 02 Jan 2007, 18:29 · from 2007-January.txt.gz

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From: sbocian at poczta.fm (Stanislaus)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:29:38 +0100
Subject: (urth) TWK Able's ambulance
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Hello Henry,

Sunday, December 31, 2006, 6:28:43 PM, you wrote:

> Greetings:

>     I'm also new here, and haven't contributed before.  I hope 
> "top-posting" isn't taboo.
>     About the previous interpretration you quoted:  I just don't get 
> where that would come from.  It seemed to me that the real Able (in 
> America) had been in the school bus, there'd been an accident, and he 
> was being rushed to the hospital (but wasn't going to make it.)  I can't
> remember why I was under the impression that that Able was one of the 
> lives cut short in Parka's string- perhaps that dream sequence was mixed
> into the string nightmares- but that was my take.  In fact, now I think
> that the ambulance incident may not have actually been happening 
> "concurrently" in this world, but that Able was growing so comfortable
> with the string nightmares at that point that he was finally able 
> (pardon) to pick that one out.
>     Also, I'm not certain that their bodies were switched by the Moss 
> Aelf.  It seemed to me that they could have been doubles.  The same boy
> in two different worlds.  It wouldn't explain why he couldn't see 
> Berthold as his brother until the end, but that could have been an 
> illusion (one among many.)
>     My question is:  why did Disiri pick Art over Able?  Willingness?
>     Anyway, that's my response.  Welcome to the world of Wolfe.
>     ---H
>    

That one is pretty clear. Read speech which Sir Able makes to king
Arnthor.

Simply, she wanted someone from a democratic country, who would know
that the rulers are to serve the ruled. America seems like a best bet
(and certainly so for an American author.)
-- 
Best regards,
 Stanislaus                           mailto:sbocian at poczta.fm


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