The Two Coins

Gerry Quinn · 14 Aug 2010, 14:21 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:21:33 +0100
Subject: (urth) The Two Coins
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From: "Lee Berman" <severiansola at hotmail.com>
>>Gerry Quinn- ...but there was certainly some explicit  detective work on 
>>Severian's
>>part afterwards.  I don't think anything similar occurs in most cases, so 
>>I
>>think the Dorcas thing has a particular authenticity that most such ideas
>>lack.
>
> Gerry, I see you use the phrase, "most cases". Other than detective work 
> by Severian,
> what other aspect of a familial clue in BotNS would convey authenticty to 
> you? Perhaps
> you can give some examples of other authentic cases?

I was referring to BotNS puzzles in general.  I cannot think of any other 
familial clues that I give any real credence to.

- Gerry Quinn

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