Requiem for a mermaid

David DiGiacomo · 23 Feb 2001, 11:42 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: dd at adobe.com (David DiGiacomo)
Subject: Re:  (whorl) Requiem for a mermaid
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:42:12
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>No one seems to have liked my Kypris-Seawrack theory, so I've done a bit of
>retooling and have come up with the following alternative:

Nice summary!

>Harrump. Given this sort of brutalization, small wonder Wolfe gets thumbs
>down from so many feminists.

Well, he's the same guy who has teen virgin Mora expounding the "get back
on the horse"/"Friday" concept of rape.  Then there's Jahlee's "hello
soldier" reaction to her new astral humanity.

P.S. Did Babbie bite off Seawrack's arm or what?

P.P.S. No quoted-printable on the list, please.

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