Edogawa Ranpo

Roy C. Lackey · 01 Nov 2002, 17:53 · from urth-v0211.mbox · original

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From: "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Edogawa Ranpo
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:53:49 -0600
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>Crush responds
>This is the sort of libertine association that wedges itself so firmly in
>the craw of Roy and others and to which Agia once referred as "imagination
>plus". Yet, the fact remains that my starting point was associating Crane
>(from the Long Sun) with the god Ranpo:
>http://gene-wolfe.tripod.com/chems.htm

Interesting slip you made there; I wonder if alga appreciates it? <g>

-Roy

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