narrator in Fifth Head

Pedro Jorge Romero · 02 Apr 1998, 18:54 · from urth-v0009.mbox · original

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From: Pedro Jorge Romero <bempjr at redkbs.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: narrator in Fifth Head
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 19:54:38 +0100
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
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> The thought occurs to me, if the narrator's name is Jean, then what is
> his brother's name, who is presumably also a clone.  I think that it's
> reasonable to suppose the clones are numbered; indeed, the title should
> alert us to that.  Then, the narrator is Jean-5?  and his brother is
> Jean 6?  (I can't remember if the brother is younger or older).

First time in here. Just to say that my idea was always that the brother
was not a clone but rather a control in the experiment. But, who is
Number 1?

Great list. Always fun to read.

Best

Pedro Jorge

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