From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 09:22:39 MST
Hal wrote
> The point which is never explained in the book is how exactly Sherkaner
> and the Spiders acquired this degree of control over the Focused.
Well, if Rafal is right, then maybe it is "explained". My beef is
that it was not described in the detail I yearned for.
> ...I was disappointed that Vinge didn't go back and explain
> what had happened.
Or even better, had given a day by day account as it was happening
of how the genius Spider Sherkaner slowly figured it all out. I
felt cheated. (Of course, I'm not really entitled to feel cheated
since (1) the rest of the book was so brilliant (2) the author is
not really under any obligation to suit the readers.)
But I have always wondered just what persuaded VV not to give
such a luscious account.
Lee
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