Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

James Wynn · 17 Nov 2011, 16:50 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:50:01 -0600
Subject: (urth) Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy
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On 11/17/2011 10:35 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> While I?m far from certain of the theory above (the first one, not the 
> techno-ghost, which would work much better if it happened in Rose?s 
> room, which has a glass), I do ?own? it to the extent that I strongly 
> believe it?s correct about Mucor, I think it?s the most reasonable 
> interpretation of Pike so far, and I don?t really know about the bird, 
> but I like the Mucor possession idea. Silk only saw something behind a 
> curtain that looked like a bird flying out the window, then he thought 
> of Oreb. He?d have thought of Oreb if he saw any large bird.

No. *According to the text* Silk saw *Oreb*. He only doubted himself 
based on the fact that "it made no sense" since Oreb couldn't fly. Then 
he collects a series of other rationalizations.

If none of your theories explains the second Oreb (or the something that 
looked an awful lot like Oreb flying out the window) then they explain 
nothing. It's just a tap dance. But it's fine. I don't care. It is clear 
that your understanding of Wolfe's stories is not useful to me (nor mine 
to you). You are still useful TO ME for fact-checking texts. But after 
the circumstances have been established, I don't know why would even 
read my posts.

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