Mr. Y's search for the fair-ground doctor: the reader's search for the writer.
his experience after drinking the fluid, sharing another man's soul: reading a book "becoming" the protagonist?
thought is matter. Splendid little philosophical ideas and discussions which don't wander off into too intricate details, but leave you wondering and thinking. The philosophical stories and conundrums are real (problems) for the characters, which makes sense again that by thought, behaviour and matter can "change", or rather, start to exist while it might have been unformulated before.
From story-writing point of view; small real-world examples (objects, small deeds people do) tend to illustrate the grander thoughts and ideas of the story.
the computer program's thought-experiment: little simulated characters becoming conscious. their thoughts (binary, 0, 1) and their matter (binary, 0, 1) are alike. they can change by thinking, yet do not have ultimate power.
the love for stories and books in this book is almost tactile.
A wonderful story which gripped and intrigued. The protagonist sounded almost demure at times, yet had an overwhelming array of knowledge which kept whispering questions and wondering about so many things we never even think about.
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