Why is the book called EXEGESIS?
“Exegesis” means the careful examination and interpretation of a text. The main reason that I chose Exegesis as the title for the story is that the story’s protagonist, Edgar, is a computer program. As a computer program Edgar lives his entire life through a process of exegesis; he only “sees” the world through text and must find what meaning he can entirely within that text. A second reason for the story’s title is that there are number of different levels on which can be read. On the surface it is clearly a story with its own characteristics. It has, however, been constructed to comment on a wide variety of archetypal and specific stories of “other intelligences” that many readers are familiar with. For this reason, Exegesis as a title is a hint to the reader to pursue these deeper aspects of the book. The third reason is that many people, when they hear “exegesis” rather than seeing it on paper, hear “Exit Jesus” instead. This is a purposeful pun. One of these “deeper” aspects of th
