White Gold and ghosts

Kevin J. Maroney · 31 Jan 2000, 11:49 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at crossover.com>
Subject: Re: (whorl) White Gold and ghosts
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 11:49:59
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At 11:02 AM 1/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
>	Second, on the "ghost in the middle of a novel" remark from Wolfe--this
>makes me think of the narrator of Peace, who, unless I'm misremembering, is
>revealed as a ghost at the end of the book.  Can't remember his name,
>though, and don't have my copy of Peace handy.  Although no one would dare
>to call Peace SF.  Hmm...have to give this some more thought.

Dennis Weir. And it's not revealed at the end; it's revealed, very
obliquely, midway through.=20

_Peace_ does have a science-fictional element: The factory built by
Dennis's "uncle" Julius manufactures a powdered orange drink made from
potato powder. And a lot of the stories embedded within _Peace_ are
fantastic--either fairy tales or supernatural horror.=20

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   Kevin Maroney | Crossover Technologies=20
   kmaroney at crossover.com | (212) 777-1190

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