Someday they'll want us.

Adam Thornton · 24 Jun 2010, 12:49 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:49:31 -0500
Subject: (urth) Someday they'll want us.
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On 06/24/2010 06:12 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> "Someday they'll want us" is the last line of _The Fifth Head of 
> Cerberus_, written three years after the narrator's release from 
> prison.  The subject, clearly, is Phaedria and her child.  Who are the 
> "us" of the example?
>
Did you read the novella standalone, as it appears in _Best Of_, or as 
part of the collection of three novellas published as _Fifth Head_?

Adam
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