interran@Shasta.ARPA (12/21/85)
* SPOILER - don't read if you haven't read the book - SPOILER * I've just read DREAM MASTER by Roger Zelany... can you explain the ending to me? Did or didn't Charles Render free himself from the trap of Eileen Shallot's dream? Last we saw Render, he'd fallen into a chasm (remember, this is a dream) rather than remain trapped in Eileen Shallot's dream. This seems to indicate he freed himself from her control - at the cost of his sanity. Is this true? Then someone asks to see him and is told he can't see Render now - perhaps sometime next year. (Seems as if Render is in a hospital and being rehabilated???) Then we have a wounded knight in armor (Render?) lying in a courtyard waiting for something. A bearded servitor (his healer - Bartelmetz?) tells him the sails of an approaching ship are black. However, the knight sees them as white and says "Ksolde! You have kept faith! You have returned!" The servitor pushes the red button that ends the dream, and night falls again. Who or what was the knight (Render) waiting for, and why did the servitor (the dream master) want him to give up his waiting? Apparently Render is still undergoing rehabilation to heal his psychic wounds, but what are they? Finally, why did Eileen Shallot want to trap Render in her dream and take control of the dream? What would have happened if she had won and Render had joined her rather than fall into the chasm? They couldn't remain dreaming forever or they'd starve. What good does it do her to have control of Render's dream then? She'd still be blind after they woke up. Well, these are my questions. I'd appreciate it if you could explain the ending for me if you understand it better than I do. John
interran@Shasta.ARPA (01/01/86)
[ SPOILER - discusses ending of this book in gory detail - SPOILER ] [ BTW: this is a reposting as nobody seemed to get the first posting ] I've just read DREAM MASTER by Roger Zelany... can you explain the ending to me? Did or didn't Charles Render free himself from the trap of Eileen Shallot's dream? Last we saw Render, he'd fallen into a chasm (remember, this is a dream) rather than remain trapped in Eileen Shallot's dream. This seems to indicate he freed himself from her control - at the cost of his sanity. Is this true? Then someone asks to see him and is told he can't see Render now - perhaps sometime next year. (Seems as if Render is in a hospital and being rehabilated???) Then we have a wounded knight in armor (Render?) lying in a courtyard waiting for something. A bearded servitor (his healer - Bartelmetz?) tells him the sails of an approaching ship are black. However, the knight sees them as white and says "Ksolde! You have kept faith! You have returned!" The servitor pushes the red button that ends the dream, and night falls again. Who or what was the knight (Render) waiting for, and why did the servitor (the dream master) want him to give up his waiting? Apparently Render is still undergoing rehabilation to heal his psychic wounds, but what are they? Finally, why did Eileen Shallot want to trap Render in her dream and take control of the dream? What would have happened if she had won and Render had joined her rather than fall into the chasm? They couldn't remain dreaming forever or they'd starve. What good does it do her to have control of Render's dream then? She'd still be blind after they woke up. Well, these are my questions. I'd appreciate it if you could explain the ending for me if you understand it better than I do. John
jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman) (01/02/86)
Why do so many people these days confuse Roger Zelazny with Samuel R. Delaney
(or is it Joe Delaney)?
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