Re: Reference
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.albyny.adelphia.net)
Date: June 24, 2003 08:39PM
Yes, I do believe you are right about your theory concerning Fforde's want, to include a bit of Poe and display Acheron in the great tradition of the super-human criminal. I did sort of pick up on that, but disregarded it as just a coincidence. However, now that you mention it, it does seem that there are many Poe references throughout the book, and it would not seem out of the ordinary that Fforde would try to further the characterization of Acheron in such a way that would display him as the ultimate criminal. I am very familiar with the works of Poe, and it is quite similar to that particular paragraph in the 'Murders in the Rue Morgue'.