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PLEASE, Can anybody say what Abalyn asked Imp after she read "The Mermaid of the Concrete Ocean"???

Chadwick Obviously that is one that we would all like to know. I really think that like the empty ashtray that hasn't been emptied for weeks in "The Mermaid of…moreObviously that is one that we would all like to know. I really think that like the empty ashtray that hasn't been emptied for weeks in "The Mermaid of the Concrete Ocean" and the mention of looking for the grave of Abalyn Canning that these are intentional places that we are being kept out of. In fiction you can create mysteries that have no answer, and they lay there pooled in inscrutability , tantalizingly out of reach forever. Or, conversely, they could be continuity errors. I doubt this, though, as Kiernan's editing process as described on her LJ seems fairly rigourous, and I know that she had the usual service of beta readers and professional editing done.(less)

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A book I'll need to finish before assigning it a genre. Where do you think it fits?

Amy (Other Amy) It's a very solid entry in the Weird fiction genre.…moreIt's a very solid entry in the Weird fiction genre.(less)

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What happens in 2009? The encounters with Eva Canning (seem) to take place in '08, and the writing of the memoir in '10. What does Imp do for a year?

Sean Rodgers I don't think it's important what specifically happens, only that we know there is time for her to grapple with the events of 2008, and for them to be…moreI don't think it's important what specifically happens, only that we know there is time for her to grapple with the events of 2008, and for them to become mythic in her mind. (less)

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