Grand Unified Theory

James Wynn · 23 Aug 2010, 20:26 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:26:43 -0500
Subject: (urth) Grand Unified Theory
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  On 8/23/2010 2:48 PM, Roy C. Lackey wrote:
> The character list in LAKE reads:
>
> "Chiquito, a parrot once owned by Mamelta's parents."
>
> No, the word parrot is not mentioned in the book; neither does the bird make
> an appearance in it. It had belonged to Mamelta's parents, hundreds of years
> earlier back on Urth. She does mention the bird, shortly before her death.
> She believed that when she died she would get to go back home and be with
> her family.
>
> "When I die, I'll go home. My mother and brothers . . . Chiquito on his
> perch in the patio." (LAKE, chapter 13, p-315)
>
>

Yep. That's the bird. Thanks Roy.

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