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Endy9 · 30 Nov 2001, 00:35
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From: "Endy9" <endymion91 at home.com> Subject: Waif (Spoilers) new Wolfe SS Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:35:14 -0600 boundary="----=_NextPart_000_011D_01C17904.95E30DC0" Message-ID: <urth-v0031-urth.v031.n006.1 at digest.urth.net> X-Urthmirror-Source: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0031/urth.v031.n006.1.shtml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=3D_NextPart_000_011D_01C17904.95E30DC0 Good Wolfe short story in Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine [January] S P O I L E R S So do you think Wolfe whipped this out as a morality tale response to =3D the American anger at the terrorists of Sept. 11th? Caution against the = =3D mob destroying what they fear? Or did he have it written and sold long =3D before Sept 11th? As usual there are a few things I do not understand. The exact nature of the Flying People. Are the invisible or not? Why =3D did Bin seem to think the boy was invisible when onlookers say the boy =3D with Bin from a distance constantly? Why did the Flying People boy have no guilt about what happened to those = =3D who harbored him? I assumed he was trying to convince people through a =3D grass roots effort that progress was not evil. Instead in the end he =3D seemed like a caprious fey personality. Very enjoyable writing. Concerning Wolfe's use of the word Neighbor and it's shortening to =3D Niman, etc. Niman Pryderi defined Neighbor as "Neighbor meant that a man was one of =3D us, and not one of them." Do you think this carries any meaning to the Book of the Short Sun's =3D Neighbors? Is that why the people of Blue called them Neighbors? Using = =3D the same definition? After reading this definition it seems strange that the people of Blue =3D would call them Neighbors when they definitely did not seem to consider =3D them "more like us, not like them." Just wondered if there was =3D something about Blue and Green's Neighbors that I missed that would make = =3D them "one of us not them." Dennis/Endy http://members.home.net/endymion91/index.htm -- ------=3D_NextPart_000_011D_01C17904.95E30DC0 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3D3DContent-Type content=3D3D"text/html; =3D <META content=3D3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3D3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D3D#f0ecff> <DIV>Good Wolfe short story in Fantasy and Science Fiction =3D Magazine=3D20 [January]</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>S</DIV> <DIV>P</DIV> <DIV>O</DIV> <DIV>I</DIV> <DIV>L</DIV> <DIV>E</DIV> <DIV>R</DIV> <DIV>S</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So do you think Wolfe whipped this out as a morality tale response =3D to the=3D20 American anger at the terrorists of Sept. 11th? Caution against =3D the mob=3D20 destroying what they fear? Or did he have it written and sold long = =3D before=3D20 Sept 11th?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As usual there are a few things I do not understand.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The exact nature of the Flying People. Are the invisible or=3D20 not? Why did Bin seem to think the boy was invisible when =3D onlookers say=3D20 the boy with Bin from a distance constantly?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Why did the Flying People boy have no guilt about what happened to =3D those=3D20 who harbored him? I assumed he was trying to convince people =3D through a=3D20 grass roots effort that progress was not evil. Instead in the end =3D he=3D20 seemed like a caprious fey personality.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Very enjoyable writing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Concerning Wolfe's use of the word Neighbor and it's shortening to =3D Niman,=3D20 etc.</DIV> <DIV>Niman Pryderi defined Neighbor as "Neighbor meant that a man was =3D one of us,=3D20 and not one of them."</DIV> <DIV>Do you think this carries any meaning to the Book of the Short =3D Sun's=3D20 Neighbors? Is that why the people of Blue called them =3D Neighbors? =3D20 Using the same definition?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After reading this definition it seems strange that the people of =3D Blue=3D20 would call them Neighbors when they definitely did not seem to consider =3D them=3D20 "more like us, not like them." Just wondered if there was =3D something about=3D20 Blue and Green's Neighbors that I missed that would make them "one of us = =3D not=3D20 them."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dennis/Endy<BR><A=3D20 href=3D3D"http://members.home.net/endymion91/index.htm">http://members.home= =3D .net/endymion91/index.htm</A><BR>--</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=3D_NextPart_000_011D_01C17904.95E30DC0--
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