From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan@gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Answers Already!
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 20:13:10 


[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

Comments:

>27.  "Is Pike's ghost really Quetzal?"  No.

	We know that Gene believes ghosts are real. I think we would be best
advised to say that Pike's ghost is ... a ghost.
	Now, I suspect that Gene conceives of a ghost as a soul in purgatory. This
may shed light on his other ghostlie tales....
>
>28.  "Mint" for _Marble_ and "Marble" for _Mint._  You're right, and
>they are my mistakes.  I try hard to stop such things from getting
>into print.  Often I fail.  If I told you how bad I feel about these,
>you would accuse me of grandstanding.

	Mantis, give us the question again. I want to correct my copies...

Nutria