![]() Some readers may dispute my conclusions and others may not want help unmasking the characters. Only Zelazny knew for certain who was who (or did he?), and a NYRSF reader quickly pointed out a better inspiration for the raven Tekela than what I’d proposed. I also wanted it to be accessible to readers who’d enjoy this kind of thing, and so it appeared in The New York Review of Science Fiction. ![]() When I stumbled upon the connection to Virginia Woolf (a writer whose works Zelazny admired), I knew that I had a new essay to write. Then upon re-reading the novel last year, I became determined to identify everyone. ![]() ![]() When I wrote about the origins of this novel in Zelazny’s biography, I took the opportunity to identify the characters I was certain about. Part of the enjoyment of A Night in the Lonesome October comes from recognizing obvious characters and puzzling over the identities of the elusive ones. ![]()
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