As I read the Alice and Snark books, I sometimes wonder if CLD was portraying characters who were insane, or aspects of whom were insane? Of course, insanity...
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Jeremy Browning
jremyb
Jan 8, 2009 8:04 pm
I'm going to try to get there - and I'll bring my hardback copy for her to sign (assuming *she* is going to be there!) Regards J. ...
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Goetz Kluge
goetzkluge
Jan 8, 2009 10:50 pm
The characters in books live in books and are not insane. Just imagine how you would feel if you would have to live in a book and wait for readers to open it...
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Ralph Sims
mr_ralphsims
Jan 8, 2009 11:09 pm
"Imagine that you are imagined and then imagine that which imagined you." Jasper Fforde has fun with bringing characters in books, e.g. his "Lost in a Good...
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pleasanceone
Jan 9, 2009 6:31 am
OK, I am going to put my hand up and ask the dumb question (there's always one in the class who has to, and today it's my turn)because perhaps I have missed...
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Jeremy Browning
jremyb
Jan 9, 2009 6:58 am
Sorry - that sounded rude ("who's 'she', the cat's mother?" as my old mum used to say). I meant '...for Karoline to sign (assuming *she* is going to be...
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mikeindex2001
Jan 9, 2009 1:50 pm
Jeremy, I wouldn't have said your first email sounded rude at all, just rather quaint - a bit Rider Haggard. I understand that She will certainly be there...
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Arne Moll
tokkietor2003
Jan 9, 2009 3:19 pm
Dear Goetz, Excuse me, but your answer makes absolutely no sense. You can't claim things and then refuse to answer critical questions by throwing your hands up...
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Arne Moll
tokkietor2003
Jan 9, 2009 6:46 pm
Hi Mike, Can you tell us a little bit about the new edition? I might order it, but not if it's basically the same as the first edition. What has changed? (I...
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knaveofarts
Jan 9, 2009 8:40 pm
Why does Humpty Dumpty choose the word impenetrability? I think it is a logical joke by CLD. The meaning of impenetrability is impenetrable. So Humpty Dumpty...
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knaveofarts
Jan 9, 2009 8:55 pm
Would any of the British members know if 'corkscrew' is, or was, argot for a knife or a blade of some sort?...
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fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Jan 10, 2009 4:01 pm
Hi Goetz, I am sorry to say that as far as I can see things seem to be going from the sublime to the ridiculous. Now, with some evidence you may have...
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fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Jan 10, 2009 5:15 pm
Hi Goetz, OK, now I think we are surely in the ridiculous. That's good! I've read my Wittgenstein, so if I remember correctly, I think I can use his example...
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knaveofarts
Jan 10, 2009 5:34 pm
I think a reasonable, if not inevitable, case can be made that CLD intended to depict the Duchess as a lesbian. Has this been discussed previously, so that I...
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fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Jan 10, 2009 5:58 pm
Hi Goetz, I am sorry to tell you, but, in my opinion, if you can't handle Wittgestein, who himself borrowed heavily from Carroll, I'd stay away from the much...
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Joe Soap
oldjoesoap
Jan 10, 2009 6:57 pm
Go on then! j ________________________________ From: knaveofarts <knaveofarts@...> To: lewiscarroll@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 10 January, 2009...
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fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Jan 10, 2009 7:36 pm
Hi Goetz, Why don't we call it a draw, until we can figure out more about the Snark? I hope you have a good week-end as well, Fernando...
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Arne Moll
tokkietor2003
Jan 10, 2009 8:06 pm
Goetz, Even when your proposal is taken seriously (even though it can't possibly be meant as such), it is absurd, if not unfair, for the following reasons: 1....
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Goetz Kluge
goetzkluge
Jan 10, 2009 10:50 pm
Can anybody recommend mathematical investigations of "The Hunting..." written for mathematicians?...
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fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Jan 10, 2009 10:57 pm
Hi Goetz, I think that that is exactly the way I took your general method. I sometime too wish that some people would "put their money where their mouth is"...
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pleasanceone
Jan 11, 2009 4:42 am
I am glad I am not the only one to go "huh?" at Goetz' reply. I didn't get it either. I am no scholar, I simply take the opportunity to state the bleeding...
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pleasanceone
Jan 11, 2009 5:02 am
As far as I know (and I am not British so perhaps my knowledge is flawed) a corkscrew is the thing you use to uncork a wine bottle. I have often thought that...
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delamare@...
badmonkeyart
Jan 11, 2009 8:01 am
Hi, I'm a new member to the yahoo group. I publish the artwork of fine artist and book illustrator David Delamare who has recently begun painting some...
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Joe Soap
oldjoesoap
Jan 11, 2009 11:10 am
Humpty does not actually say that the fish with whom he wishes to make contact are oysters, does he? The fact of their being in bed does suggest oysters -...
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Carlotta Wüstkamp
CLuca1
Jan 11, 2009 12:46 pm
pls unsubscribe immediately...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 11, 2009 12:56 pm
... I looked and did not find you subscribed. M...
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Carlotta Wüstkamp
CLuca1
Jan 11, 2009 12:59 pm
I keep tons of lewiscarroll yahoogroup emails every day. I have to be subrscribed. what's the right path fwd to unsubscribe? thx ... I keep tons of...
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Goetz Kluge
goetzkluge
Jan 11, 2009 1:15 pm
Hi Carlotta, could be a yahoo problem. When I saw your posting, I sent a short message to yahoo. Alles Beste Götz...
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Carlotta Wüstkamp
CLuca1
Jan 11, 2009 1:18 pm
Thank you so much. Alles beste zurück! ... Thank you so much. Alles beste zurück! Am 11.01.2009 um 14:15 schrieb Goetz Kluge: Hi Carlotta, could be a yahoo...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 11, 2009 2:19 pm
... Do you have more than one e-mail address? Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com...
