Eyeflash/Sugarland

Clifford Drane · 16 Jun 1999, 13:27 · from urth-v0027.mbox · original

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From: Clifford Drane <dranec at hotmail.com>
Subject: (urth) Eyeflash/Sugarland
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:27:04 CDT
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Thanks to Ranjit for the offline pointer to the searchable archives.

Mr. Ansley, I did read your wonderful posts about 'The Eyeflash Miracles'.=20
You did a good job of pointing out the links between the two stories. I=20
think further exploration about *why* the links are there at all is in=20
order. Perhaps we'll find that it's just a little fun two-headed story that=20
Wolfe whipped up.

There are two possibilities I can immediately think of for the Oz reference=
s=20
- 1) Oz is an actual alternate reality of which Little Tib is a doorway, or=20
2) Tib's powers simply conjure spirits that due to various reasons take the=20
form of Oz characters.

Regarding Alice's post: "But I think Sugarland, in context, is the Big Rock=20
Candy Mountain. You know, er, Heaven."

To which Keven responded: "Nothing in the rules says it can't be both."

I think it is most definitely both. Since the experiments conducted on the=20
children took place in Houston, it is likely that they are still in or=20
around Houston. And another cool fact: I live near some train tracks (which=20
split River Oaks and the Galleria Area) that I think run straight to=20
Sugarland (actually spelled Sugar Land, home of Tara Lipinski, the lil=20
skatin' gal). From now on, whenever I hear that train, I'll be thinking of=20
them. :)

Cliff Drane

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