VV(13): Enters Weismann

[David Morris]

VERA-M-EROV [ing]

It is very loosely close to a palindrome, which does evoke a mirror.  And at 
the center of this is the letter "M,"  which is good since this is 
Mondaugen's Story and consists largely of other people's projections onto 
his consciousness.  Mondaugen IS the mirror.

Mondaugen is also something like a caldron, a vessel into which many magic 
ingredients are mixed.  And, although there are no visible signs of alchemy 
in the text, he does emerege a different person.

David Morris

>From: "Karen Hudes"
>
>Vera Meroving's name is mirror-like, close to a palindrome before the 
>"ing," and with a suggestion of the word "mirror." Her name suggests a 
>moving, roving "v" that might pass through surfaces or reflections.
>
>Mondaugen's story also feels like something we're passing through to get to 
>the other side of V., with Eigenvalue's interruption almost at the book's 
>center.
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