Gene of Green Gables

maru · 18 Jan 2005, 12:48 · from 2005-January.txt.gz

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From: marudubshinki at gmail.com (maru)
Date: Tue Jan 18 12:48:16 2005
Subject: (urth) Gene of Green Gables
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All of a sudden, all of Borges' works spring to mind, as does an 
academic paper 'Shakespeare's works were not written by him, but by 
another person of the same name'.
~Maru
In case you can't tell, Borges and Hofstadter are two of my favorite 
authors. Who deal with similar issues.

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

>Oh, goodness ... do we have a new genre here? "What if someone else
>had written Gene Wolfe's book?"
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>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:13:41 +0000 (GMT), Jim Raylor
><rjraylor at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>Anne of Cerberus
>>
>>Anne had her own Shadow Children : Katie Maurice (her
>>reflection in the glass of the bookless bookcase) and
>>Violetta (the little echo girl).
>>
>>I was speaking of anise and Anne asked me how it was
>>spelt. I told her and she looked disappointed.
>>'Wouldn't it look better spelt "Annese" with an 'e'
>>like my name?' she suggested, a little vainly I
>>thought.
>>'No it distinctly says "anise"...' I showed her the
>>phrase in the book.
>>'Yes I know it... it is a smell and a taste... like
>>those sweets that I didn't like much and that odd
>>drink those French artists like too much... Ugh!' She
>>pulled a most unbecoming face, but brightened up
>>almost immediately...
>>'Let me show you some fine plants that smell of
>>Annese?' She begged and I did not have the heart to
>>correct her spelling.
>>
>>'Later, child... I must continue reading this book.' I
>>announced at last.
>>'The writer must be a very happy man, now!' She
>>announced as she read the cover.
>>'Why do you say that?' I asked, frankly puzzled.
>>'He was sad when he was just 'Gene Wolfe, The fifth
>>head', but now he is Gene Wolfe the Fifth Head... OF
>>CERBERUS.' She clapped her hands as she positively
>>shouted the last two words.
>>
>>'And to think we almost sent you away beacuse you were
>>not quite a boy!' I smiled at her.
>>She looked pensive and was silent for a surprisingly
>>long time.
>>'Is that what abo means?' she asked ingenuously.
>>
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