The Afterlife

The Great Quail quail at libyrinth.com
Sat Oct 27 16:42:22 CDT 2001


>Whoa!  I don't want to get into "opinions of the author,"  but the
>continuity of life after death is one of the major streams that flow
>through GR.

And all his work, really. In Vineland we have the Thanatoids 
(whatever they may be), the land of the dead, and the continued 
existence of old Snoop Brocky-Brock after he's been shuffled off the 
mortal coil. In Mason & Dixon there is, of course, Mason's beloved 
wife and other spirits hinted at in the Wind....

--Quail




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