tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post6105846215034212925..comments2023-11-20T10:11:27.883-08:00Comments on The Pulp Archivist: The King in Yellow: The MaskNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03308478013021594958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post-24727111135567412132021-05-27T13:08:19.932-07:002021-05-27T13:08:19.932-07:00Hi Nathan, I've just finished the story. Read ...Hi Nathan, I've just finished the story. Read it twice in a row, but still have some questions...<br /><br />Why does Jack (the friend) say that, right before the tragedy of Genevieve throwing herself in the solution, and Boris shooting himself, he finds Boris working on a statue which bore Boris'face, "not as you ever saw it, but as it looked then and to the end. This is one thing for which I should like to find an explanation, but I never shall"? <br /><br />And what actually happened when Alec, being ill, thought he was visited by Boris--who by that time was already dead? Was it merely a hallucination? Why does Jack think it was not Alec's delirium that made him see Boris?<br /><br />Later there is Jack warning Alec by letter not to leave the house, just before he discovers the revived Genevieve... Premonition on the part of Jack? <br /><br />The apparent happy ending is surprising, but on reflection I thought that it is too early to speak of a happy end: it is mysterious what the fluid does, how it works. Who knows what happened to Genevieve during her sleep? Did she return as herself--or something else?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com