Upon Re-Reading The Thief
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queensthiefAnybody want to play a game of "Ooooh, sneaky Gen!" with me?
As I'm rereading The Thief for the first time in a while, I keep coming across statements that, when you know the whole story, don't mean what they seem to mean. And then when you're re-reading, you're going, "Aha!!!!"
So, for example: "Even if he [the king of Sounis] didn't remember my name or whether I was common as dirt..." (p. 2) Reading it the first time, you'd think, "Oh, yeah, he's in jail and he's common as dirt." It's only on re-reading that you think, "Wait a minute - he said *whether*. Which would imply the possibility that he's not!"
And "He [the Magus] wanted to know my name. I said, 'Gen.' He wasn't interested in the rest." (p. 7) So there's more to his name, hmmmm?
Wonder how many of these devious little clues we can find.
As I'm rereading The Thief for the first time in a while, I keep coming across statements that, when you know the whole story, don't mean what they seem to mean. And then when you're re-reading, you're going, "Aha!!!!"
So, for example: "Even if he [the king of Sounis] didn't remember my name or whether I was common as dirt..." (p. 2) Reading it the first time, you'd think, "Oh, yeah, he's in jail and he's common as dirt." It's only on re-reading that you think, "Wait a minute - he said *whether*. Which would imply the possibility that he's not!"
And "He [the Magus] wanted to know my name. I said, 'Gen.' He wasn't interested in the rest." (p. 7) So there's more to his name, hmmmm?
Wonder how many of these devious little clues we can find.
