Land Across review

Antonin Scriabin · 02 Apr 2014, 13:39 · from 2014-April.txt.gz

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From: kierkegaurdian at gmail.com (Antonin Scriabin)
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:39:28 -0400
Subject: (urth) Land Across review
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Nice review.  I got the impression (I've only read it once) that Grafton
was suffering some kind of amnesia, and that he was a servant of the Leader
from the beginning.  He gets into some tight spots, for sure, but he always
seems to be pushed along in the right direction.  He is mistaken for a
German, picks up the language quickly, seems to have residual memories of
the Leader, etc.  I think he is a native, a self-imposed amnesiac, that is
being used as part of a wider plot to oust the rebels, and fix a few other
problems.  Ever see the movie *Cypher*?  Similar idea.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Stephen Case <scase1 at nd.edu> wrote:

> My review of THE LAND ACROSS just went up on my website:
> http://stephenrcase.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/the-land-across/
>
> Warning: there are some (very vague) spoilers.
> -S
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