living dolls

Michael Andre-Driussi · 26 Sep 2002, 19:55 · from urth-v0209.mbox · original

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From: Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis at siriusfiction.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) living dolls
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:55:46 -0700
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Hartshorn wrote about living dolls:
>As I reflect, it seems to me that all Wolfe's artificial people- from the
>chems of the Long Sun, through the adult-sized puppets of  <story whose na=
me
>I forget>, through Mr Million and the Horars (note name of tank), are, more
>than anything else, to be understood as walking *toys*.

The story whose name he fogot might be:

"The Toy Theater" (most likely)
"It's Very Clean" (less likely)

Name of tank, noted: Pinocchio.

=3Dmantis=3D



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