Pandora

James Jordan · 15 Aug 2001, 21:04 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at home.com>
Subject: (urth) Pandora
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:04:56
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	Odd. I likewise myself also have for some reason begun reading Nero Wolfe=20
for the first time. What an amazing coincidence!!!!!!
	On Pandora, I don't have anything to add to your discussion, save that I=20
think that this, like *A Devil in a Forest,* is aimed at younger readers.=20
And I think that's why Holly does not solve the crime. In both books, the=20
teenaged character is taught things, and one important thing is that=20
grownups really do know a lot more than kids do, so that kids've gotta know=20
which grownups to trust. So, Wolfe turns Nancy Drew on her head.
	In a letter to Wolfe shortly before my Famous Interview with him, I asked=20
him some questions, one of which was whether there was any fantasy element=20
in Pandora that I had, Peace-like, missed. He said no, but that there are=20
mythic elements. That's fairly obvious, given the title and the pandora=20
box. Aladdin had the secret to the cave in his original story, and Aladdin=20
Blue solve the case. There's probably a good deal more along these lines;=20
but it's been a long time since I read the book.

Nutria


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