The Sorcerer's House

Fernando Gouvea · 16 Mar 2010, 02:36 · from 2010-March.txt.gz

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From: fqgouvea at colby.edu (Fernando Gouvea)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:36:02 -0400
Subject: (urth) The Sorcerer's House
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On 3/15/2010 11:01 PM, James Crossley wrote:
> Does anyone on the list really find these late volumes---I'm thinking 
> of /Evil Guest/ and /Pirate Freedom/, and even /Memorare/---enjoyable 
> as anything other than puzzleboxes?

Oh, yes! I loved /Memorare/ (and didn't find much to puzzle about in it) 
and also /Pirate Freedom/, which seems to me a fascinating meditation on 
what freedom is and what morality is all about. /Evil Guest/ is sans 
doute harder, but I don't enjoy the puzzle box version of it nearly as 
much as I just enjoy it as a story, a romp, a mash-up of ideas and 
themes from pulp novels. Who cares whether it makes sense?

Fernando

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