Urth Digest, Vol 76, Issue 82

James Wynn · 13 Dec 2010, 14:02 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:02:57 -0600
Subject: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 76, Issue 82
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> Andrew Mason-
> Often when asked about such things he is quite ready
> to clarify them. For instance, when asked who Blood's father was he
> said, quite straighforwardly, 'Patera Pike' - and once he has said
> that, you can look at the text and see things which do indeed indicate
> it. Before he said that people may have had different views on who
> Blood's father was, and those turned out to be wrong.  it's not clear
> where to draw a line between cases like this and the kind of radical
> ambiguity you're suggesting, where no one needs to be wrong.

Off the subject, you know, I can't ever remember being confused about 
Blood's father. I was really surprised to learn it was a matter of 
dispute. I'm not bragging. I mean, I might have just been lucky in 
picking my interpretation. However, it brings to mind Lee's young 
woman/crone picture analogy. Or, Stephen King's ink blot/picture of 
Jesus analogy in "The Shining". When I read it, I said "Oh, Pike, Blood, 
Rose of Sharon." People bring different backgrounds to Wolfe's works and 
sometimes they pay off. I always think of Alice K. Turner's connection 
between Jonas and the Tin Woodman.
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