voisrite

Marc Aramini · 13 May 2014, 16:32 · from 2014-May.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at gmail.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:32:29 -0700
Subject: (urth) voisrite
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Sure, but in "Monster" it does have the trademark sign next to it though
(not in the earlier texts, however).   In "The Blue Mouse" I have never
been confident about whether the foreign law comprises an alien contingent
or just a jingoistic representation: "our lads are only wanting to be free
of the foreign law, and the greasy dark foreigners followin' your blue rag
half round the world to suck our blood." Sometimes I like to take things
quite literally in Wolfe.  Easier to justify aliens if The Blue Mouse and
Silhouette occur in the same fictional universe.

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:13 AM, DAVID STOCKHOFF <dstockhoff at verizon.net>wrote:

> I never thought of it as a brand but as a generic name for a tool. Thus
> the "unbreakable" spelling. Think of it as a "phone."
>   On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:43 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I noticed that Wolfe used a voice actuated transcriber in two stories from
> the 70s with the brand name voisrite, connecting "the blue mouse" and
> "silhouette", but just noticed that it also appears in 2004's "Monster".  I
> am kind of baffled that he brought it back after 30 years.
>
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