mantis reads STRANGE TRAVELERS

Jim Jordan · 07 Mar 2000, 17:37 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan at gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) mantis reads STRANGE TRAVELERS
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:37:26
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At 03:11 PM 3/7/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
>"The Haunted Boardinghouse."  Well, this is related to John Crowley's
>LITTLE, BIG: if you didn't know that the house-with-no-back [eek!  what are
>you saying?!] is like the five-faced house in LB, then there is also
>Crowley's name as one of the 20th century literary giants given in the
>text.  This story ends exactly like a John Crowley story almost always
>does.

Great link, but don't forget *The Name of the Rose* as a major player here.
(labyrinth, library, latin).

Patera Nutria


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