strange dream in A Borrowed Man

Marc Aramini · 29 Mar 2018, 13:44 · from 2018-March.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at gmail.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 06:44:07 -0700
Subject: (urth) strange dream in A Borrowed Man
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Of course - blue was always referencing barsoom anyway ;)

On Thursday, March 29, 2018, Norwood, Frederick Hudson <
NORWOODR at mail.etsu.edu> wrote:

> I agree that this is a reference to Blue, but I think it is also a
> reference to ERB?s Barsoom, with the apes and the multi-limbed beings.
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> Rick Norwood
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> Aramini
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> *Subject:* (urth) strange dream in A Borrowed Man
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> I also believe that Wolfe's works are self-contained and separate for the
> most part, but as I was trying to work through the significance of a dream
> in "A Borrowed Man" I think perhaps just one time Wolfe might have broken
> his usual modus operandi.
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> (This dream still might apply to events in A Borrowed Man, but I think it
> does something more) -
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> "Only to dream about wrestling a monster with a man's head at one end and
> an ape's at the other end, and one hell of a lot of arms. This desperate
> struggle was in a grave thinly disguised as a wormhole through Mars. A
> wormhole that was already starting to flood. I guess they have a lot of
> water on Mars, when you are dreaming." (50)
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> I am still going to try to apply this dream to the text, but it strikes me
> as far more metacommentary than usual, given my thesis for the book of the
> short sun, in which I argue that Blue is in fact a flooded Mars. Apes,
> wormholes, and multi-limbed beings all feature in the solar cycle. Perhaps
> just once Wofle felt his puzzle was a little bit too hard. However, we will
> see if I can do something with this in the context of A Borrowed Man.
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