Re: Does she die?

[Doug Alan <nessus@athena.mit.edu>]

> Okay, I listened to _The_Ninth_Wave_ again, and the sonar sounds do
> indeed show up in _Hello,_Earth_ and _Under_Ice_.  My mistake.  But
> why on Earth would a U-Boat be there to rescue her?

Because it makes a good plot device....  It's not there *to* rescue
her.  It just happens to drive by, the periscope bumps into this
floating person, or something, and they decided to stop and recuse
her, just for shits and grins.

> Sounds more to me like it's there to represent something being
> underwater, like a body.

Then why the German voice?  Kate has said that part of her inspiration
for the "The Ninth Wave" came from *Das Boot*.  Doesn't it seem likely
that she'd stick a submarine in it somewhere, then?

> (This also ties in well with my theory that side one of
> _Hounds_of_Love_ is about life, and side two is about death,
> for what it's worth.)

Side 1 isn't about "life"... it's much more specific than that.  It's
about Love!

|>oug