From: William Ansley <wansley@warwick.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Green Thoughts
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 23:18:10 

At 10:46 AM -0700 8/2/00, cephalothorax  (Joel Priddy 
<mossmail@yahoo.com>) wrote:

>Oreb in the dream projections:
>I'm sorry, but I just can't stop think of Heckel and
>Jeckel (sp?), the cartoon birds. No matter how I try
>to picture Oreb during his feathered dwarf episodes, I
>can't get past cartoon imagery.

Of course! I knew that Wolfe's description of the "dream Oreb" 
reminded me of something. I bet it's deliberate; Wolfe has used 
cartoon imagery more than once before.

>In  my weaker moments
>I even picture him with the stub of a cigar and
>three-fingered gloves.

Now you're being silly. Cartoon birds don't wear gloves! But I 
remember the cigar.

"I say old bean, Silk good!"

William Ansley



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