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Page 166
... Shayol " ] is a direct steal of Dante Alighieri . " Shayol " is the same word for hell in Arabic and Hebrew , sheol . ( Preface , Space Lords 9-10 ) Smith's allusive style bears out M.M. Bakhtin's paradoxical idea that appropria- tion ...
... Shayol " ] is a direct steal of Dante Alighieri . " Shayol " is the same word for hell in Arabic and Hebrew , sheol . ( Preface , Space Lords 9-10 ) Smith's allusive style bears out M.M. Bakhtin's paradoxical idea that appropria- tion ...
Page 174
... Shayol with political dissidents . The story's hero , Mercer , is incarcerated on Shayol for what is called " the crime without a name " ( 420 ) , later revealed to be the theft ( perhaps rescue ) of kittens from the wall of the ...
... Shayol with political dissidents . The story's hero , Mercer , is incarcerated on Shayol for what is called " the crime without a name " ( 420 ) , later revealed to be the theft ( perhaps rescue ) of kittens from the wall of the ...
Page 188
... Shayol " ( 1961 ) may have lodged as an image in Philip K. Dick's memory , inspiring the stainless steel teeth of Palmer Eldritch ( The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch , written in 1964 ) . Smith's Daimoni , too— “ people of Earth ...
... Shayol " ( 1961 ) may have lodged as an image in Philip K. Dick's memory , inspiring the stainless steel teeth of Palmer Eldritch ( The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch , written in 1964 ) . Smith's Daimoni , too— “ people of Earth ...
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