tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146288705471208160.post7228564095213536500..comments2023-10-08T07:30:18.422-04:00Comments on The Future Fire Reviews: Thompson, Rhymer (2014)Djibrilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146288705471208160.post-10048482958798511672015-06-15T17:06:03.083-04:002015-06-15T17:06:03.083-04:00@Don, that version of the Thomas the Rhymer story ...@Don, that version of the Thomas the Rhymer story is indeed invoked in the novel, repeatedly. To what degree this is what is going on in the narrative “reality,” and to what degree it is just another layer of misdirection and the narrator's psychosis, is for every reader to decide (or not decide, if you like multivalence as much as the author does!).Djibrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146288705471208160.post-61871225575036331122015-06-11T23:12:39.770-04:002015-06-11T23:12:39.770-04:00To what extent is this a version of the legend of ...To what extent is this a version of the legend of Thomas the Rhymer, who is taken by the Queen of Faerie to her homeland on the condition that he not speak a word, then is returned to our world, and prohibited from ever telling a lie? It seems, from your description, that this is that same Thomas after he has been returned to this reality and cannot handle it totally, or perhaps I misread your Don Riggsnoreply@blogger.com