Overthinking/Underthinking "The Fifth Head of Cerberus"

Marc Aramini · 16 Aug 2014, 20:08 · from 2014-August.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at gmail.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:08:03 -0700
Subject: (urth) Overthinking/Underthinking "The Fifth Head of Cerberus"
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I should stop, but I just can't.

The story also tells us Victor falls to his death ... I actually believe
what the story tells me there.

 You see how you have to admit that some scenes are fabrications or
unreliable to proceed, and even you aren't immune from dismissing whole
scenes that are clearly depicted in the text?

You are likely to say that is the ONLY scene because it serves a narrative
purpose.  I believe that the tree reaching for Victor, the mites that
infect people, the shadow children riding up from the mud in currents, the
damaged legs of the young firl and the paralyzed legs of Aunt Jeanine, the
climactic bite in A Story, and the symbolism of shadow children riding the
shoulders of Marsh men all serve a narrative purpose too.

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:

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> What do you think of my theory that Mr. Million is an electronic
> simulation?  Because I thought up that in the same way.  It's simply what
> Wolfe tells us.
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