Hierogrammates, Briah and Yesod

James Wynn · 10 Aug 2010, 10:55 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:55:42 -0500
Subject: (urth) Hierogrammates, Briah and Yesod
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  On 8/9/2010 7:57 PM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
> I want to believe that Mr. Wolfe himself would like to claim that the answer to every single riddle ever posited on this mailing list since it began is answerable, and answerable in the text we're pondering. Do you think he would agree? Do you agree?

No. I recall some questions to which he answered "I don't think the 
story answers that emphatically" (or words to that effect).

He might claim that the important plot questions are all answered in the 
text, but it would not be true except for a mind reader.

I recall that he has said that he has no intention to make his stories 
inscrutable but often what he intended as clear just didn't carry to the 
reader.

u+16b9

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