The Sorcerer's House Questions (Major Spoilers)

James Crossley · 30 Mar 2010, 23:02 · from 2010-March.txt.gz

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From: ishmael at drizzle.com (James Crossley)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:02:43 -0700
Subject: (urth) The Sorcerer's House Questions (*Major Spoilers*)
In-Reply-To: <j2ie11bddb61003301544xa78806c6x51b223eff85b602a at mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C7D7D123.B7B3%ishmael at drizzle.com>

On 3/30/10 3:44 PM, "Thomas Bitterman" <tom at bitterman.net> wrote:

> 
> Windows into Faerie, werewolves, vampires, visions of the future, astral
> projection, triannuluses (triannuli?), houses that grow and rearrange - these
> are all harder to swallow than lucking into money.? Not everything he says is
> false, just the stuff about Faerie.
> 
> 
Just so I have this straight?you?re arguing that all the supernatural
elements in the book are the product of Bax?s imagination, part of a scheme
to eliminate his brother, capture Millie?s affections and explain his
new-found wealth? 

If so, why all the coy hints the reader puts together along the way (fox =
Winker, Zwart = Black, etc.)? Why couldn?t the fantastic part of the story
be told more explicitly? It would be an equally (un)convincing tale whether
laid out straightforwardly or in Wolfean fashion.  And who?s the reading
audience who has to be convinced, just Millie?

James

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