Like a good Neighbor

Gerry Quinn · 21 Nov 2011, 18:13 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:13:41 -0000
Subject: (urth) Like a good Neighbor
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From: James Wynn 
On 11/21/2011 11:31 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:

> > So we have an exact timeline. The long-nosed man visited him the day 
> > after Krait?s visit, and Krait visited for the second time some hours 
> > after his astral trip.
> > This confirms what was already clear from the ?thirst? clue.

> Look, Gerry, I'm willing to debate when he sees the Neighbor and why. 
> But not without establishing that Horn has died. We simply are not going 
> to agree about the meaning of any portion of this scenario or most of 
> the rest of the novel without agreement on that. Further discussion is 
> pointless.
Well, then it is up to you to present an explanation of the long-nosed man, because as I said ? and you seem to be tacitly conceding ? a ?late? appearance by him is not easily made compatible with the hypothesis [and I?m sorry, but it *IS* only a hypothesis, one I do not share] that Horn died and was replaced by him.
He?s a big problem for the ?Horn died in the pit? theory.

> I think I understand why people have a problem getting over this hurdle, 
> but I can't pretend anymore that I respect their Short Sun theories 
> which essentially reflect that they have failed to do so. I respect the 
> criticism of many Listers who hold that view, but I don't think their 
> interpretations are going to help me more fully understand what is going 
> on in this novel. I think there is little point in discussing Short Sun 
> without agreement on this point. It is THE pivotal event as the narrator 
> states, and their interpretations fail to appreciate that fact. In a 
> very real sense, the novel ends at chapter 8.

And nothing will shake your belief in your theory, even being shown how events clearly described in the narrative contradict it.  


- Gerry Quinn


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