VLVL Zoyd's Work

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Thu Jul 31 17:04:20 CDT 2003


>> on 31/7/03 12:37 AM, Terrance wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> BTW the carrier pigeons come from someplace far across the ocean.
>> 
>> Metaphoric? San Francisco? San Narciso?
> 
> Not of these, but  ...   you know, like somewhere or someplace over the
> rainbow. The idea being that it's someplace and not any particular place.

This makes sense. Not literally "across the ocean" but from a distant place
within Zoyd's psyche.

> So the
> idea that the pigeons are warning Zoyd about Hector and BV is not
> self-evident or obvious as Don suggested.

Agreed. I think it's unlikely that this was the intention.

best




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