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Because each of us is able to go to Wikipedia to look up the myths James has discussed and yet get completely different impressions, I thought I would dump for discussion here so…
18 Nov 2011, 18:25
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This is one of those "use your imagination" moments. All they need is a port where they can each download a bootable copy and lo! the robot lovechild is made.…
18 Nov 2011, 17:44
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Editing a personality would be so much easier than creating a new one that might go insane if it's buggy. Imagine a Windows chem! But the scans would need to be "sanitized" or el…
18 Nov 2011, 17:41
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Makes more sense, though, doesn't it. Horn IS paper, since he has made it his life. Now we only need to identify the rock and scissors.…
18 Nov 2011, 17:08
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I meant, specifically and literally, that Horn "dies" when he runs out of paper. Not ink or quills. End of OBW.…
18 Nov 2011, 16:24
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Quite droll.…
18 Nov 2011, 16:24
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Let me put it another way. Science rests on evidence. Evidence can be faked. Science can be faked. That's why it's called science fiction. Look! A ray gun!…
18 Nov 2011, 16:22
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Somehow, I think that must be the case.…
18 Nov 2011, 15:54
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And ink is black. Damn you, Wolfe!…
18 Nov 2011, 15:54
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Sneaky.…
18 Nov 2011, 15:20
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So let's agree that main objection to a time-traveling Rajan is not the presence of a hat, but the time-traveling Rajan himself. That is, the theory rests on demonstration of tim…
18 Nov 2011, 14:55
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Well put. Wolfe shows us again and again that such details are not important. He even offers explanations that are bunk, such as Typhon's explanation of how a flier works. In th…
18 Nov 2011, 14:36
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Or when he runs out of paper.…
18 Nov 2011, 14:33
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This is an important observation about the way Wolfe sees his characters. They don't helplessly repeat ancient myths or go from choreographed plot point to plot point like marion…
18 Nov 2011, 14:15
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Yes, it was a wink to Gerry.…
18 Nov 2011, 01:04
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I know now! ;) I see---the phallus was special. ahhh... That's why you think Oreb might have had a piece of Pas. Bingo. That has always rung true to me. It's funny that you've …
18 Nov 2011, 01:03
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I think it is supposed to tell us something about Pike, but I don't know what. I'd guess it also tells us to expect time travel in Silk's future, so it doesn't appear to have be…
18 Nov 2011, 00:17
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Well, why Silk, AND why the phallus? What was taken from Silk? Seems like there was a "small piece" in Jaculu, and who knows what from Sand. If Silk had to be scanned, that sugg…
17 Nov 2011, 23:52
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Which is what makes Silk fit. Right.…
17 Nov 2011, 23:50
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Good observation. And Isis.…
17 Nov 2011, 21:29
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True, although there may be other Scylla cities, but Viron could get attacked by a neighbor with an airfleet (ahem), or experience a civil war. Wolfe does actually give us a clue…
17 Nov 2011, 21:13
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Ah. I had assumed the only reason he spoke was because he was possessed. There must be a map to the Osiris legend here I don;t get. Why wouldn't Pas be keeping all his human host…
17 Nov 2011, 21:00
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Why is Silk the phallus? I just want to keep my eyes open for more pieces. Presumably all these people containing Pas have to die on the Whorl for Pas to get his stuff back. I'd …
17 Nov 2011, 20:16
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Drat. My entire understanding of LS is wrecked upon that rock. I'll have to reread again from Shadow of the Torturer. NOT AT 43 And hats are well known to hide long, pure whit…
17 Nov 2011, 20:03
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I dunno, Marc. Osiris's murder story is a very specific, concrete narrative which is plainly retold here up to a point. It doesn't dictate the story, just gives a blueprint for a…
17 Nov 2011, 19:57
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Interesting. Does the myth dictate any particular number of body parts or name them? How does the scheme work---did the patera have an arm or leg, or was it part of Pas's mind as…
17 Nov 2011, 19:51
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I thought you said that was just a "cute idea." However, perhaps that explains why the parrot from Aladdin was there.…
17 Nov 2011, 18:12
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Tartarus, the dark god of black animals who worked to revive Pas, seems a more likely suspect.…
17 Nov 2011, 17:55
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You're right. I believe it was the parrot from Disney's Aladdin, who had gotten lost backstage. That's less convoluted---it just IS. Not that hard. There is a somewhat counterint…
17 Nov 2011, 17:54
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So you don't think Oreb is lying, but you propose that the Oreb in the window is the same Oreb as the Oreb in the kitchen who denies being upstairs? How is that different from p…
17 Nov 2011, 17:36
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It's exactly what they would do if (a) they respected sentient life and (b) knew that the vines are not yet sentient (c) didn't want them to become inhumi or sentient. Pest cont…
17 Nov 2011, 16:47
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I wasn't going to continue this, but you're right. You don't shoot---that would require accuracy and aim. Rather, you repeat yourself until discussion is exhausted, ignoring ever…
17 Nov 2011, 16:39
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At the end of OBW we have only the prophecy---which by rights should be fulfilled either by the end of OBW (Horn's tale proper) or BSS in its entirety (since Horn is not entirely…
17 Nov 2011, 16:31
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Do you mean lianas that will grow into inhumi? That have come from the lander from Green that landed at Pajarocu? Makes sense.…
17 Nov 2011, 16:27
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Mechanism accepted.…
17 Nov 2011, 16:23
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I understand now why you dislike the idea that Horn went into Babbie. I think it's a matter of how you conceive the behavior of minds and memories when they move around. I can se…
17 Nov 2011, 16:22
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Ah. I remember the greenbuck theory and I agree with the Neighbor as Rajan---that all makes sense. But I didn't think about exactly how the Neighbors have morally evolved. So tha…
17 Nov 2011, 15:10
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It's becoming plain to me that not only do you not begin to comprehend how Wolfe constructs his narratives, but that you prefer not to. And so you promote impossible theories, wh…
17 Nov 2011, 15:00
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Ditto.…
17 Nov 2011, 13:16
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He doesn't want. That's the point of having consistent characters---Oreb only deceives to save his own life. I hope you see the difference. If you think he lied to Silk then you …
17 Nov 2011, 13:16
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Who's angry? Anyway, that's what I said.…
17 Nov 2011, 12:53
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What exactly do you refer to? Humans were sacrificed on the Whorl. AFAIK it was the humans who stopped doing it.…
17 Nov 2011, 04:05
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That's impossible because Oreb does not lie. Wolfe is faithful to character above all else.…
17 Nov 2011, 04:01
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The problem there, I'm sure you will agree, then is what to do with the end of OBW. There must be enough left of Horn's mind in the Rajan to die.…
17 Nov 2011, 03:56
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I feel the need to point out that this is largely a matter of degree---it's not necessarily an absolute matter. Clearly the Rajan keeps all of Horn's memories he needs. During th…
16 Nov 2011, 21:04
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Are you thinking Horn took a piece of Silk with him?…
16 Nov 2011, 20:47
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I have tried to show that this is not the case at all. At least not in terms of Mucor's weight. whatever that means in an astral body. What reason did present-Mucor have to be th…
16 Nov 2011, 16:52
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Ah, I see. I don;t have a page but it's He sat up cold and stiff, and crossed his arms to put his freezing fingers in his armpits. Mucor told him, "It's drier farther on. Meet me…
16 Nov 2011, 16:09
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Did you mean "invisible"? There is another case, when she appears to Silk in the tunnels.…
16 Nov 2011, 15:35
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No, he might be capable of it but would not be motivated to do it. Sure! Silk is back.…
16 Nov 2011, 15:32
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