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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Nicholas=20Gevers?= <vermoulian@yahoo.com> Subject: (urth) The Ziggurat in context Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:34:54 Nutria, I'm afraid I'll have to delay my detailed take on "The Ziggurat" until I've finished another, rather vexatious critical chore; but you're quite right that my ST review will only appear in print some time off (in FOUNDATION), so here's a general comment. It seems to me that the stories in ST were selected with a theme in common, that of escape. The world must be escaped or transcended; but the escape routes are many, and only one (the route to Heaven) is a true path. The rest are snares, roads to damnation and disaster. Emory's route is one such: self-indulgence, an impulse to dominate. It may make him feel in charge of his destiny for a while, but read in comparison with the trends of the other stories, it won't lead anywhere good. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.urth.net/urth/