And Now For Something Completely

J Jankiewicz · 17 Nov 2011, 15:39 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: jjankie at yahoo.com (J Jankiewicz)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:39:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) And Now For Something Completely
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Meanwhile, back to whatever "godlings' are.
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My issue and the "what the..." with them in the strory is how Wolfe seemingly &?casually throws them into the Whorl and their affect on the convulted and complicated Pig & further adventures of Silk chapters.? (Gawd do I hate reading & struggling & understanding Pig's accent!)
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Are we to understand these Godzilla-like creatures are roaming around wreaking havoc or whatever? It just seems very out-of-place or a huge non-sequitor to the story. I admit the wonderment factor is very appealing and adds to the attraction of his writings but it Just Doesn't Make Sense.
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Like, where are they during the daytime? Where did they come from? Why are they there? You know just some basic explanations so the leap-of-disbelief factor is quieted versus accepting?the writer's trick of just throwing something unexplainable in the text that has no basis yet is a some sort of "deus ex machina." Am I making sense?
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