VL-IV, Frenesi's god

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 07:34:05 CST 2009


bandwraith shared:
>
> The end of chapter 6- Frenesi's "moment of
> undeniable clairvoyance," has always seemed a bit
> awkwardly done to me. On the other hand, what
> could be more revealing about a character than her
> moments of "undeniable clairvoyance," especially
> one involving her notion of God?
>

perhaps this bit is more thematic continuity than direct personal
epiphany, (I feel her presence on the couch, with Flash, driving, at
the store, more so than during this prophecy/sermon/hymn)
- the ones and zeroes link it to her feelings as a tyro undercover agent
- the Jason references link it to Zoyd and I24
- the computer references are constant during the book and probably, I
wouldn't be surprised to discern, patterned/planned/plotted
- "hacker" besides being a computer reference, links back to Jason as well
and probably many more as well



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In A.D. 1618, 12 million lived in Germany. Then came the great war. …
In A.D. 1648 only 4 million still lived in Germany.
(opening to Karl Amadeus Hartmann's opera Simplicius Simplicissimus)




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