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Why are those problems? Did you read anything I proposed on those topics? Presumably, yes. Based on .... ?…
21 Nov 2011, 18:54
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In some mysterious way you refuse to reveal so that no one can prove you wrong. How do you know which Neighbor it was? Why do you assume the Neighbor who resurrected him is no l…
21 Nov 2011, 18:20
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I forget---does Nettle later relate being haunted by Horn? I know they got the manuscript eventually.…
21 Nov 2011, 18:17
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I get it now. Horn didn't tell Nettle he was a Neighbor, so ... he wasn't! I also failed to fully answer a question. I think the Neighbor was seeing what the new Horn would do wh…
21 Nov 2011, 18:16
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21 Nov 2011, 18:12
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The QUEST ends there. HORN ends there. The novel, thank Wolfe, continues ....…
21 Nov 2011, 17:57
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I considered that as well, thinking that we have no idea what Babbie really is or _will_ be, or how Neighbors are animals too. If a greenbuck can be a Neighbor, so can a hus. But…
21 Nov 2011, 17:55
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Possibly, although she does scream. What kind of "travel" is that, then?…
21 Nov 2011, 17:52
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Not an answer to the question. Clearly he is not resurrecting him. There was a question there you decided not to answer.…
21 Nov 2011, 17:49
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I agree. Unprovable, but likely. I don't think it matters to the argument anyway, since the point where it's related is the latest point where it could have happened. Either way,…
21 Nov 2011, 17:47
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21 Nov 2011, 17:43
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I see. Yes, that's a good question ... IF you assume that whoever holds that power can do it for everyone. I have not seen such a theory stated here, and I assume that we are not…
21 Nov 2011, 17:43
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Sure. However, he also lay there for days. If he was physically alive, he was thirsty for that reason.…
21 Nov 2011, 17:24
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And the substantive issues are always those that Gerry focuses on. By definition. I can't help but observe that you yourself have made not the slightest attempt to show how you s…
21 Nov 2011, 17:23
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Are you asking when Horn died, or when he saw Nettle? That is related after Krait comes, so it could be after Krait comes. It could be earlier too. And what's the difference bet…
21 Nov 2011, 16:54
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Sure. But remember we leave Ushas before we see much evolution or recolonizing.…
21 Nov 2011, 16:35
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Just a reminder that your own tactics are on full view as well.…
21 Nov 2011, 16:34
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OK. What justification is needed for a character on a great, impossible quest to die and be resurrected before he achieves his goal?…
21 Nov 2011, 16:33
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Gerry, are you saying a man can't be thirsty twice before he has a drink?…
21 Nov 2011, 16:31
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For that matter, it is really easy to imagine the Green Man (Man of Green?) in his natural habitat, behaving very much like a faun. He's not quite a fairy, as those people are be…
21 Nov 2011, 16:24
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You're right, Gerry. This is merely a clumsy metaphor. Wolfe should know better than to expose hapless readers to such misleading cues. He meant to say that Horn felt really awfu…
21 Nov 2011, 16:18
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That is at least plausible. Why do you think a death here harms the story? How do you explain Horn's newfound abilities?…
21 Nov 2011, 15:25
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Seawrack is INTIMATELY familiar with dead humans. She knows how water treats them and how they taste, and their texture. it's the living ones where she has knowledge gaps.…
21 Nov 2011, 15:23
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Good lord.…
21 Nov 2011, 15:07
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At least one thing is certain: the White Fountain/New Sun will make Urth warmer. Earth occupies such a narrow temperature band of habitability that even slight changes will have …
21 Nov 2011, 15:06
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THANK you. Their amorality is "apparent" to humans because it's not human morality and certainly not Christian. See below. I do think that Neighbors are culturally less divided t…
20 Nov 2011, 23:32
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That ought to count as amorality right there, although no one said it was "primitive." Even if they ARE being moral, why should we understand their morality? They are aliens afte…
20 Nov 2011, 23:25
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One of the main things about fairies is that we will never entirely understand them. Hmm, whom does that remind me of ....…
20 Nov 2011, 15:45
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Yes, the arguments are hard to separate and the text is vague. I am not sure of all the differences between a mind and a soul and a spirit, or between all-god-all-man and half-go…
20 Nov 2011, 15:37
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I agree. You're missing your own point. Fairies are notoriously amoral and, as you say, limited in their powers. Why expect the Neighbors to be perfectly moral and powerful? When…
20 Nov 2011, 15:13
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Thanks. I guess I really don't understand when people get miffed at all. If you have counter-evidence or a counter-pattern in response to an identified pattern, voice it. Saying…
20 Nov 2011, 14:56
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So what? You'll have to outline your objection a little better. When does a Wolfe character ever take complete moral responsibility for everything? What do the Neighbors owe him …
20 Nov 2011, 14:41
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That makes a lot of sense.…
20 Nov 2011, 14:07
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I'm skeptical that LS and SS can work together with two different theories of the soul. Are you sure this is not simply an attempt to warn the reader than multiple possessions ar…
20 Nov 2011, 14:05
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So why don't you point out the passages? I haven't gotten there yet.…
20 Nov 2011, 13:53
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Naturally.…
20 Nov 2011, 13:48
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My thought exactly.…
20 Nov 2011, 03:33
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my 2 cents ... Any male human body would respond to Seawrack's singing with rape. That's what it does to the male of the species. So it matters less what is actually animating t…
20 Nov 2011, 00:59
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Considering the references to houses, and that Wolfe originally wanted to use the name "hushog" (I don't know who pointed that out), meaning house-pig, I'd say that case is naile…
19 Nov 2011, 21:03
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OK. But he has to have at least a recognizable basic mechanism, even if the details are fuzzy.…
19 Nov 2011, 16:06
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Seems to me that whereas spirit, mind, and body are clear divisions, that between memories and persona is more subject to authorial "whim" (i.e., necessity). But that's not to sa…
19 Nov 2011, 15:09
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It also has the feel of a temple, which kinda fits. I imagine the inhumi might want to destroy such a place, and Pajarocu, a source of them, is close.…
19 Nov 2011, 15:06
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Absurd.…
19 Nov 2011, 14:04
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I like this, because it is more powerful, and because the Neighbors would probably agree. It was after all Horn's task to bring Silk, not Silkhorn, to Blue. That's how Horn's de…
19 Nov 2011, 14:00
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Is the dome then a greenhouse/nursery?…
19 Nov 2011, 13:56
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He pokes the water with it looking for his Cas.…
18 Nov 2011, 21:26
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I agree, although it's also a saint's name so Wolfe is teasing us again.…
18 Nov 2011, 21:23
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I thought so. The Wiki, which is my source for quick, cut-and-paste info, doesn't mention that name, although she is associated with Cyprus so perhaps that's it (misspelled of co…
18 Nov 2011, 21:18
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Entirely possible! I meant Osiris specifically, but you mean Dionysus, so you are certainly correct. Sinews? What? Did you say SINEWS? Which myth is that?…
18 Nov 2011, 19:43
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OK Still Isis though? And also a love goddess, correct? Yep, yep, yep.…
18 Nov 2011, 19:41
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