A Fish Story

Publication(s)

  • First publication
    • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 50th Anniversary issue, October/November 1999
  • Wolfe collection(s)

Wolfe's comments from the Introduction to Innocents Aboard

There were no comments about this story in the introduction.

Summary

A man visits his dying aunt in the hospital and rudely asks her not to give him any evidence of life after death. Soon after, he sees another version of himself visiting her.

Analysis

  • Sources of quotes
  • Meanings of names
  • References to other works
  • Theories about what happens under the surface, what the narrator isn't telling us, who the narrator is and when and why s/he is telling the story, what the whole thing "means," etc.
    If there are multiple or competing theories, each one should be given a name with a three-bang (!!!) header; if the page begins to get out-of-hand from the size of these, as could happen in a few cases, they should be shuffled off to their own page(s).
  • Etc.

Unresolved Questions

  • Was it A or was it B, or was it X or Z?
  • Was it he or was it she, or was it you or me?
  • Who dunnit?
  • Did the Star Child really start WWIII at the end of 2001?

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