Peace (spoilers)

Kevin J. Maroney · 10 Aug 2000, 14:53 · from whorl-v0011.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at ungames.com>
Subject: (whorl) Peace (spoilers)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:53:28
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At 06:04 PM 8/10/00 GMT, Christopher Culver wrote:
>Pat. Nut. wrote:
><Dire interpretations of Wolfe events are tempting, but recall how often
>they have been wrong. Weer in *Peace* was supposed to be a multiple
>murderer, according to some, until Wolfe said that was nonsense.>
>
>Wolfe may have said that about the *multiple* murderer hypothesis, but in=20
>one interview he said the reader would have to figure out for himself if=20
>Weer killed the librarian, and he didn't say that suspicion of that would =
be=20
>nonsense.

Also, Weir could have killed multiple people without being a "multiple
murderer". The young boy and the man who was locked in the freezer could
both easily have been accidents, and I don't know if he did kill the
librarian; even if he did, that might conceivably not have been murder if
she'd had a weapon--I don't remember the details well, and I'm sure many of
them are well-hidden.=20

--=20
Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at ungames.com
Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
http://www.nyrsf.com

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