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   Dirk Thierbach to Steve Hayes   
   Re: "J.K. Rowling among the Inklings"   
   22 Oct 10 16:58:40   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien, alt.fan.harry-potter   
   From: dthierbach@usenet.arcornews.de   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >>So far, all you have done is insisted that this must be an allegory,   
   >>without even trying to explain it. Sorry, I'm not just going to take   
   >>your word for it.   
      
   > Well you don't have to. You can think that Lockhard was an allegorical   
   > representation of Pullman if you like   
      
   Just for the record: I *don't* think that Lockhard is an allegorical   
   representation of Pullman. As I've said multiple times.   
      
   But *you* said that if Lockhard would represent Pullman, then that   
   would be an allegory. Which started this whole discussion.   
      
   - Dirk   
      
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