ATDDTA (8) Hypnadada (214-215)

[Keith]

It has nothing to do with what's incredulous. It has to do with the  
context and the multiple descriptions in the text of Reef's state of  
consciousness. I believe Webb is stone dead, and Reef is reeling in  
nonordinary consciousness split between above and below, conscious  
and unconscious.

On May 4, 2007, at 9:29 AM, David Morris wrote:

On 5/4/07, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
> I'm just looking at the whole scene through the eyes of Deuce's
> 'employer', who very much questions the reality of what is presented
> as having 'happened' in Jeshimon. In the context of the novel, the
> question of which level of 'reality' we're in is a constant question.
>
> If it is "all real," in this passage, is Webb really a corpse? Really
> dead?

Yes he's really a corpse with some remaining consciousness and with
some some sort of ability to communicate (and he seems a bit confused
too - I'd say he's halfway towards crossing over into the light).  How
much harder is that to believe than a talking dog?