[Dragaera] More Jhegaala Spoilers -- Analysis of the life stages

[Scott Schultz]

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Subject: [Dragaera] More Jhegaala Spoilers -- Analysis of the life stages


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Good anlysis on the life stages. I had figured on examining that on the 
second read through. Now I can concentrate on Six Parts Water. Ha ha!

> It's too bad the Levidopt stage isn't mentioned as an immobile stage,
> because it would present an attractive parallel. Instead, an oblique
> reference to Nero Wolfe <http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Nero_Wolfe>, the
> overweight armchair detective, is brought to our attention in case we 
> hadn't
> noticed that Loiosh is acting as Archie
> Goodwin<http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Archie_Goodwin>to Vlad's Nero.
> (P.260: "You know, Loiosh, I think I could get used to
> having you fly around and find out things for me while I just sit and do 
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> thinking." "Heh. In a year you'd weigh three hundred pounds.")

Good catch there. I've never read Nero Wolf - I guess I should. This just 
confirms my feeling that a big part of the story is a homage to the classic 
detective story genre. Six Parts Water features attributes of The Thin Man 
and Sherlock Holmes, IMO, as well as probably some classic plays. I wouldn't 
recognize Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, but I should take a look for Phil 
Marlowe or Sam Spade.That even explains some things about Loiosh's part in 
that section of the book. I was feeling like he was being rather unlike his 
usual self. Now I see part of the reason why.