3rd Cue's a Charm?

David Stockhoff · 19 Jan 2009, 22:16 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:16:35 -0500
Subject: (urth) 3rd Cue's a Charm?
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I can't. But I do notice that "Q&A" contains a "cue."

Puns are frequently off-color. Borski's interpretation does appear to explain much about the story. But so does yours.

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I too have read Borski's interpretation and find it lacking. I really like
the idea that the nysm is being given his wish, but can only see humor via
bad puns - especially considering all the cue-related puns in the story
(waiting in a queue, etc).

I would've sworn I read somewhere that this story was inspired by a
convention where Wolfe and another (female) sci-fi writer were on a Q/A
panel. They ended up answering writing questions and dispensing advice to
scores of young writers of dubious talent. Maybe that's where the customer's
wishes come from? The nsym could be some sort of comedy writer, the second
customer a failed romance novelist, etc. Can anyone back me up on this
story?

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