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102 Jack Fritscher

The Story Knife
Place: Cruise ship, Inland Passage, West Coast, North America, to
Alaska
Time: June 16, Bloomsday, to June 20, the Summer Solstice
Characters: Brian Kelly
Cabin Boy from Genoa
Stewardess from Scotland
Dr. Bernie Wiegand
Mountain Man
Glossary:
Fleadh: festival
Himself: an Irish way of substituting a grand pronoun for a name
defining the difference between subjectivity and objectivity; for
instance, referring to Sinead O’Connor as Herself and to the Pope
as Himself. Meant positively, but often used very ironically. “It’s
Himself!”
Camcorder: portable video camera
Klingit: a native people in Alaska
Dreamtime: the virus-free 1970’s after Stonewall Riots (1969) to
the recognition of the virus in 1982
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