--- W VR <
wvr12@yahoo.com> wrote:
'Sacred' was, in my opinion, FANTASTIC, but
> the ending has a feeling that, if I didn't
know
> better
> I would have guessed Block was bringing the
Scudder
> books to a close. Does anyone know if Block had
that
> in mind when he wrote 'Sacred' or is it just
my
> impression?
He might have. He wrote _Eight Million Ways to Die_ and,
because Scudder undergoes a major character change at the
very end of that novel (note the careful phrasing to avoid
lack of spoilage), he did not anticipate returning to the
Scudder character. However, he ended up writing *Sacred
Ginmill* as a flashback to before the character change. He
may very well have anticipated that *Sacred Ginmill* was
something of a final bow for the character (again).
G.
===== George C. Upper III, Editor The Lightning Bell Poetry
Journal http://www.lightningbell.org
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