Lake of Birds

DAVID STOCKHOFF · 22 May 2012, 16:35 · from 2012-May.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (DAVID STOCKHOFF)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:35:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Lake of Birds
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From: Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com>
>To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> 
>Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:59 AM
>Subject: Re: (urth) Lake of Birds
> 
>
>??
>From: David Stockhoff 
>?> 
Two things. First, let's remember that Google wasn't around when BNS was 
> >  written, 
and while I'm sure Wolfe didn't deliberately write for 
> >  seminarians 
and graduate students, he did intend his connections to be 
> >  visible. 
If one guesses a connection on the basis of a few links, one 
> >  should 
at least be rewarded with finding a couple more new ones. 
>?
>Yes, 
but that award should not be a significant plot point.? More resemblances 
to the original Lake Avernus are fine, but one should stop short of drawing 
conclusions about the characters.
>
>---My point was that important connections should be multiple. Here is a multiple connection. Conclusions drawn.
> 
>
>
>>  Second, 
IMHO for the most part he prefers his allusions to be 
> >  concrete---not 
merely wordplay. That detail of the pipe, while small, is 
> >  concrete. 
And as Bruno points out, connecting a lake to the sea has 
> >  practical 
plot implications in BNS.
>?
>If 
it were a canal like the original, it might have more.
>
>---And would it help if they sold gelato from little carts there in the summer?
>
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