Like a good Neighbor

David Stockhoff · 23 Nov 2011, 01:59 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:59:43 -0500
Subject: (urth) Like a good Neighbor
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On 11/22/2011 6:26 PM, James Wynn wrote:
> A lot of Wolfe heroes are pre-determined...over-determined...to 
> succeed against all who stand against them. Severian, Latro, Able. 
> Eventually, Horn becomes a character like that. But the original Horn 
> (I say) was not. He was a man with a good, brave heart who was as 
> subject as anyone to catastrophic misfortunes. It is a rather hopeful 
> story seen that way. 

Yes. He was helped after he set off, not before. He's recursive in a 
different dimension from the others.

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