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From: "Endy9" <endymion91@home.com>
Subject: Waif (Spoilers) new Wolfe SS
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:35:14 -0600
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Good Wolfe short story in Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine [January]
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So do you think Wolfe whipped this out as a morality tale response to =
the American anger at the terrorists of Sept. 11th? Caution against the =
mob destroying what they fear? Or did he have it written and sold long =
before Sept 11th?
As usual there are a few things I do not understand.
The exact nature of the Flying People. Are the invisible or not? Why =
did Bin seem to think the boy was invisible when onlookers say the boy =
with Bin from a distance constantly?
Why did the Flying People boy have no guilt about what happened to those =
who harbored him? I assumed he was trying to convince people through a =
grass roots effort that progress was not evil. Instead in the end he =
seemed like a caprious fey personality.
Very enjoyable writing.
Concerning Wolfe's use of the word Neighbor and it's shortening to =
Niman, etc.
Niman Pryderi defined Neighbor as "Neighbor meant that a man was one of =
us, and not one of them."
Do you think this carries any meaning to the Book of the Short Sun's =
Neighbors? Is that why the people of Blue called them Neighbors? Using =
the same definition?
After reading this definition it seems strange that the people of Blue =
would call them Neighbors when they definitely did not seem to consider =
them "more like us, not like them." Just wondered if there was =
something about Blue and Green's Neighbors that I missed that would make =
them "one of us not them."
Dennis/Endy
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<DIV>Good Wolfe short story in Fantasy and Science Fiction =
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<DIV>So do you think Wolfe whipped this out as a morality tale response =
to the=20
American anger at the terrorists of Sept. 11th? Caution against =
the mob=20
destroying what they fear? Or did he have it written and sold long =
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Sept 11th?</DIV>
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<DIV>As usual there are a few things I do not understand.</DIV>
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<DIV>The exact nature of the Flying People. Are the invisible or=20
not? Why did Bin seem to think the boy was invisible when =
onlookers say=20
the boy with Bin from a distance constantly?</DIV>
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<DIV>Why did the Flying People boy have no guilt about what happened to =
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who harbored him? I assumed he was trying to convince people =
through a=20
grass roots effort that progress was not evil. Instead in the end =
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seemed like a caprious fey personality.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Very enjoyable writing.</DIV>
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<DIV>Concerning Wolfe's use of the word Neighbor and it's shortening to =
Niman,=20
etc.</DIV>
<DIV>Niman Pryderi defined Neighbor as "Neighbor meant that a man was =
one of us,=20
and not one of them."</DIV>
<DIV>Do you think this carries any meaning to the Book of the Short =
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Neighbors? Is that why the people of Blue called them =
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Using the same definition?</DIV>
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<DIV>After reading this definition it seems strange that the people of =
Blue=20
would call them Neighbors when they definitely did not seem to consider =
them=20
"more like us, not like them." Just wondered if there was =
something about=20
Blue and Green's Neighbors that I missed that would make them "one of us =
not=20
them."</DIV>
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