Re: Kiln People [spoilers] (was Re: Soooo...)

[Jim Sharkey]

>I'm guessing that DB didn't worry a whole lot about the symbolism of
>color. I think he may have been careful to make black good, but
>that's about it. I think more effort went into the plot and into the
>metaphysics.

I did notice that bit of PCness myself.

I agree that more of the effort went into the plot and the metaphysics, but it is a little surprising to have something as basic as golem color classifications just sort of picked out of a hat. It's true that there's no clear pattern, but it is a bit surprising that there's not at least something to it, especially when color is just so basic.

Maybe I'm overanalyzing...

Anyway, what did you think of our protagonist? I liked how DB took his normal use of several different viewpoints to tell a story and turned it on its ear, as each "I" was one person, but not just one. Very nifty.

I think Albert Morris's copying skills tied up the reason his Frankie was a Frankie very well. That green, IMO, was actually not a green at all, in terms of its usual meaning in this world, but it was as exact a copy as one could make. It was as if Albert actually duplicated his whole self, rather than just the applicable parts as usual. That's really why the Green went Frankie, IMO.

Jim

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