Idle Zoyd, Crappy Vineland?
Robin Landseadel
robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Wed Dec 3 22:03:25 CST 2008
I tend to think of Prairie as the books protagonist/quester/stencilizer.
Zoyd seems like Tyrone, un-disappeared, now grown up and with a kid.
Frenesi is the object of the quest, Vineland's "V."
And I don't know Rob Jackson [unless he's the Robert Jackson
of S.F.E.M.S., which I doubt] but I appreciate what he had to say
about the books opening passage.
On Dec 3, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:
> even though the book opens with Zoyd, I'm inclined to think of Frenesi
> as the protagonist.
>
> And though I love the book, I'm very glad to see Mr Jackson posting
> again.
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