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James Wynn · 20 Apr 2010, 22:44 · from 2010-April.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:44:34 -0500
Subject: (urth) Kiki
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> I, too, was reminded of Crowley's book, particularly that last bit about
> houses changing size, being bigger on the inside than they could possibly
> have been as judged from outside, IIRC. That is why I brought up earlier the
> issue of the Black house changing from nine rooms to more than forty. Martha
> said, "It grows when people live in it, and shrinks when they don't." (278)

The labyrnthian Black House's reminded me of Weer's large, constantly
growing house in Peace which had rooms Weer knew of but had trouble or
even no idea how to find them.

J.

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