Patera Incus

António Pedro Marques · 16 Aug 2010, 13:36 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: entonio at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?QW50w7NuaW8gUGVkcm8gTWFycXVlcw==?=)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:36:58 +0100
Subject: (urth) Patera Incus
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Lee Berman wrote (16-08-2010 13:32):

> My opinion is that something weird IS going on when a fictional letter is
> written, then re-written. And so far, James' explanation has the honor of
> Best Working Hypothesis on what that weird thing is.

I must admit that when I first read 'Incus is a woman' I thought it was an 
interesting idea. But James's explanation of his theory made me go back to 
the text, and to be honest I don't read there anything remotely like what he 
suggests. I'm all for considering there's something there, but I see no way 
to make that passage say 'Incus is a woman and/or is telling Fulmar that'. I 
mean, I read James's effort, but I just don't find it is a possible reading 
of what's there.

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