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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