[big spoiler] Narrative technique in _Return_

Jeffrey Meyers · 08 Feb 2001, 18:32 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: Jeffrey Meyers <jeffmeyers at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: [big spoiler] Narrative technique in _Return_
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 18:32:15
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David DiGiacomo <dd at Adobe.COM> wrote:

> Can anyone think of an explanation for gods uploading themselves via the
> eyes?  Normal eyes are not output devices, unless some sort of twitch code
> is used, and another part of the body would serve as well for that.

A symbolic one: "The eye is the lamp of the body" (Matt. 6:22).

Patera Bunny

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