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Discontinuity = clue? [GS sample ch spoilers]
Serack:
Ok so here are some theories...
I'm thinking that it may be significant that Captain "Jack" asked for Harry to write down an address rather than tell him who to take him too.
I'm going to examine this from 2 directions. Writing craft, and plot. From a craft perspective, the reader doesn't need to hear the address, that would probably be a distraction for the reader, so it gets written down.
So why an address rather than a person? Maybe because it was anticipated that he would want to go to Mort, and the powers that be that seem to be dictating what Harry gets exposed to wanted to control where he actually ended up... Somehow his memory of seeing Mort at the Duplex was modified and now he is in the wrong spot.
So why is Mort there? Good question... The snow is probably a clue though.
Quackers time.
The being that Harry thinks is Mort is actually Bob.
Serack:
Collection of disparate facts from the sample chapters...
* Everyone in Chicagatory is in the prime of their life with no scars (well at least the 3 we know)
* The cars are vintage
* What Harry is percieving is being censored
* There's an angel garding the door to the "precinct"
* Somebody cheated when Harry was killed
* 3 people Harry loves will be harmed if he doesn't solve who killed him
* Harry is asked to write down a specific address to go to rather than to say something like "Mort's House"
* Harry is limited in what he can influence on the living plane, and has no magic
* Mindless specters want to eat Harry's ghost
* Memories can be used as a weapon on these Specters
* Harry was taken to Mort's old address, not the Duplex in DB
* Harry had forgoten that he had already seen Mort with a bicked head
* Mort stopped to take the time to grab a single Oreo before locking Harry out of his bedroom
* There is 1.5 feet of snow outside
* From Harry's perspective about an hour has gone by since he died, yet 6 months have passed
KevinSig:
--- Quote from: itari on July 06, 2011, 10:30:22 AM ---When Harry died, the weather was sunny. Why would he expect 1.5 ft of snow an hour later?
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When he died, it was sometime in the winter cycle, or at least the Winter cycle. Otherwise, the table wouldn't be in Mab's control. I'll have to go back & check, but for some reason I recall reading that this happens in May & 6 months prior Harry died? Isn't that December, or am I missing a month?
I know I've had a winter, where it didn't snow until at least the 2nd//3rd week of December. Changes might have been like that. Or the snow wasn't mentioned, for whatever reason.
Kevin
itari:
--- Quote from: KevinSig on July 06, 2011, 12:04:27 PM ---When he died, it was sometime in the winter cycle, or at least the Winter cycle. Otherwise, the table wouldn't be in Mab's control. I'll have to go back & check, but for some reason I recall reading that this happens in May & 6 months prior Harry died? Isn't that December, or am I missing a month?
I know I've had a winter, where it didn't snow until at least the 2nd//3rd week of December. Changes might have been like that. Or the snow wasn't mentioned, for whatever reason.
--- End quote ---
Harry died in late October. Winter controls the Table when days are getting shorter (from June to December). He thinks that an hour passed since his death. It didn't snow that day, because Murphy's clothes (as described in Aftermath, slacks and a silk blouse) suggest that the weather was quite nice then.
taishojojo:
Something on the single oreo....
These are typical actions for someone trying to lose weight:
One oreo is textbook portion control.
Its also a bite to eat every hour or so to keep your metabolism up.
Most modern weight-loss programs suggest trivial 'cheating' to curb craving the things that are typically bad for you.
I recognize that Jim puts stuff in for a reason, but I'm not sure if we aren't reading too much into it.
Ill read it again but its just my 2 cents.
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