Like a good neighbor

David Stockhoff · 22 Nov 2011, 18:58 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:58:21 -0500
Subject: (urth) Like a good neighbor
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On 11/22/2011 1:19 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
> I don't mind saying "there is a vital connection" between Echidna and 
> The Mother or Thelxiepeia (mythic siren) and Seawrack the first time. 
> But it would be nice if I could shorthand it to "is" on further 
> elaboration.

Yeah, we seem to need some notation to bracket and specify some simple 
associative ideas, like "is" but you get tired of doing that. Analyzing 
Wolfe requires so many different "is" 'es:

Silk is Typhon (genetically)

Sand is Silk (personality)

Marble is Rose (er...)

Marble is Maggie (flat-out lying, according to her, as Rose)

Krait is Sinew (by parentage/feeding/relation to Horn)

Green is Urth (actually, or just metaphorically?)

Horn is a Neighbor (indeterminate)

Neighbors are Faeries (as a literary template)

and on and on .... Funny, not too many actual imposters come to mind.

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