Three Fingers

Gareth Jelley · 18 Mar 2003, 01:10 · from urth-v0303.mbox · original

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From: "Gareth Jelley" <gjelley at btopenworld.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Three Fingers
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 01:10:23 -0000
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From: "Michael Straight" <straight at email.unc.edu>

> Note that the very next story in the collection ("Death of Dr. Island"),
> is one which gets weirder and weirder for several pages, constantly
> forcing you to revise your hypotheses of where/when the protagonist is and
> what is going on and what sort of universe it is.  The answer is that old
> cliche, that the protagonist is insane and in a mental institution --
> except the twist is that none of the weirdness is the protagonist's
> delusion.


I haven't read that one yet :o)

I don't mind about Spoilers. Thankfully ;o)

re: delusions - I don't think that /is/ an answer, or plausible reading, but
it struck me as being one way to explain what is going on...

Personally, I've got no idea how to read it - the most plausible reading
seems to be that we're supposed to be left clueless. A reading which can be
applied to many of Wolfe's stories.

Best,

G.


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