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Sheila Herndon07 Mar 2001, 16:43original as archived

3rd person authors

Hi, I was just wondering if it could be possible that the kids did write those sections - but, in fact, not as stylishly as we're reading them. and the reason they're as stylish as we're reading them is becuase the story of Horn has turned into a religious text, and has been "intepreted" over the years by better writers? (Though, I guess not a good explanation for Pig's h'ears.) mimosa

Alex David Groce07 Mar 2001, 21:11original as archived

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Shiela Herndon wrote: I was just wondering if it could be possible that the kids did write those sections - but, in fact, not as stylishly as we're reading them. and the reason they're as stylish as we're reading them is becuase the story of Horn has turned into a religious text, and has been "intepreted" over the years by better writers? (Though, I guess not a good explanation for Pig's h'ears.)

Well, it leaves a lot to be desired as an explanation (since Hoof's section is so different) but even though these kids haven't had a strong literary education, Hoof and Hide were raised by (and Daisy taught by one of) the authors of The Book of Silk.

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32 -- Alex David Groce (agroce+ at cs.cmu.edu) Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department 8112 Wean Hall (412)-268-3066 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~agroce *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

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