![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Semph violates some kind of rule by having his own evil drawn off, maybe as a protest to the practice of sending all the civilization's evil to Earth. What I suppose is going on is that the aliens/futurepeople drain off evil and madness and pour it on Earth it's not Earth that they are trying to save, it is themselves. The blurb at the beginning of the story tell you what is going on, but would you understand it if it wasn't there? Let's face it, the only person who really knew what was going on was Harlan. It's like each sequence is a clue to what is going on in the story, but each clue is hidden behind the text so. I think many of the articles in "The Glass Teat" series are interesting, but some are rather self-indulgent. I kind of like "Repent, Harlequin." and "Rock God" (from Creepy Magazine, with art by Neal Adams), but they have places where things are a little vague. I also told him that my favorite story was "Jefty is Five", same as Joe. Someone else in another group wondered about reading some Ellison, and asked me about him I said that some of his stories go out there and wander around awhile and never seem to get to the end. For all I know it could be Cordwainer Bird. I'm not disagreeing with you it's not clear from the story. ![]()
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