V2nd, C3
Robin Landseadel
robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Tue Jul 20 09:21:40 CDT 2010
On Jul 20, 2010, at 7:16 AM, Carvill, John wrote:
>> Does this compare Stencil's quest with knightly quests? The
>
> From Stencil to knightly quests, to detectives such as Marlowe, to
> Doc Sportello. But who or what is 'V'? Who or what is the Golden
> Fang? Does Vhiessu really exist? Does Lemuria?
>
> I've noted before (and here I go noting again) that the screenplay
> of the John Garfield movie 'Force of Evil' features the phrase
> 'Under the Rose'.
>
>
> Shashta doesn't begin with a 'v'; otherwise she'd fit right in....
B-b-b-but a mountain is an inverted "V", yes?
'Scuse me for asking, but isn't there some kinda feminist spirituality
subtext going on in all of this?
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