Gene of Green Gables

Jim Raylor18 Jan 2005, 10:13as archived

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. =====

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes18 Jan 2005, 10:32as archived

↳ in reply to Jim Raylor

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: 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. ===== ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________

maru18 Jan 2005, 12:48as archived

↳ in reply to Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote: Oh, goodness ... do we have a new genre here? "What if someone else had written Gene Wolfe's book?" On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:13:41 +0000 (GMT), Jim Raylor <rjraylor at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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. ===== ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________