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I can't speak for Son o'Witz, but I think the black hole was placed as a consequence of the actions of Typhon. Typhon is long gone, and his successors operate differently, at lea…
29 Dec 2010, 21:17
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There are ruins below the water's surface on Earth too. Does that mean the Bible story of the Flood is literally true? - Gerry Quinn…
29 Dec 2010, 21:17
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I think if the Short Sun trilogy has a one sentence theme, it is man's inhumanity to man. That, after all, is the condition on Blue, and it underlines the secret of the Inhumi. A…
29 Dec 2010, 21:16
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I thought you raised some interesting associations, but there was nothing really specific to grasp. The problem is that one can generate an endless stream of associations regard…
24 Dec 2010, 15:54
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Who said they died anyway? Of course one can point out that they do not seem to be currently active at the end of UotNS, but perhaps they are biding their time and allowing human…
24 Dec 2010, 15:45
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----- Original Message ----- In this particular case, I pointed out that either of two possible sea goddesses could have been meant - that increases the number of possible theo…
24 Dec 2010, 15:37
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Fine - but the fact that the Ascians are the proxies of Erebus's monster faction doesn't mean that the Commonwealth can just lie down and let them walk over them. They still hav…
24 Dec 2010, 00:19
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You previously said "The words are spoken on Blue so there is only one sea goddess he can mean." I was pointing out that there are in fact two possibilities. Humans reproduce i…
24 Dec 2010, 00:05
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If the Ascians are attacking the Commonwealth, defence against them is hardly a pointless war. - Gerry Quinn…
23 Dec 2010, 21:50
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But he's speaking to people who have all just seen Monster Scylla on Urth. So it's not so clear. I don't recall the female figure you mention, but as I've said I have only read …
23 Dec 2010, 21:10
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I didn't mean to misrepresent your theory about neighbour-hybridisation, I was just mentioning ot in passing. I think James's theory could be described as a cross between possessi…
23 Dec 2010, 19:58
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I thought we were told that Abaia lived in the sea? I can't recall where exactly, but the locations of Erebus and Abaia were given at some point. - Gerry Quinn…
23 Dec 2010, 18:45
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Pike's ghost? Mucor? A lying night chough who managed to jump and flutter a short distance? Note that Scylla was not possessing Oreb at this time. Gods had no reason to escap…
23 Dec 2010, 18:42
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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com> 2010/12/22 Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com>: You forget that in Wolfe's universe the c-limit is violated - quite expl…
23 Dec 2010, 18:35
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Marc, I think some of your ideas about the Short Sun are very interesting, esp. Horn as Babbie. I'm less convinced about Neighbours possessing Horn, either your version of it or J…
23 Dec 2010, 18:15
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He *did* load her on the generation ship - as a god, remember? He held her hand while she was being scanned, as he had just been. And if Urth-Typhon later had a change of heart a…
21 Dec 2010, 22:24
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But the passage that identifies Mamelta with Kypris and Kypris's mother also says that the Outsider is a toy dancer and the water is a polished toy-top. We cannot take the last pa…
21 Dec 2010, 22:17
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Most of his dream is about the fish that swallowed Mamelta. It also includes Lemur, and certain women. The women seem to be ones Silk associates with sex to some degree. It's …
21 Dec 2010, 21:56
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Exactly. The blind men can indeed figure out what the creature is, even though they don't have it as easy as the sighted guy. It may be an elephant, or it may be a stegosaurus, …
21 Dec 2010, 21:32
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The Green Man tells us: "The green color that puzzles your people so much is only what you call pond scum. We have altered it until it can live in our blood, and by its interventi…
21 Dec 2010, 21:17
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You mention three points in favour of Mamelta being Kypris, or Silk's biological mother, or both. Possibly a few more can be found too. But none of them seem very definitive: Th…
21 Dec 2010, 18:41
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If it's not obviously wrong, why not look at it more closely? Maybe it will convince you, or maybe you will find something wrong with it. If we are to take the parable seriously…
21 Dec 2010, 16:15
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He seems to be in the Chrasmological Writings, but I haven't heard of any incidences of them mentioning him apart from this. But we don't get all that much face time with them a…
21 Dec 2010, 15:47
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----- Original Message ----- From: Son of Witz I think all of of us are disappointed that the text seems to present very different mausoleums. It isn't argued against based…
21 Dec 2010, 15:40
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It is perhaps coincidental that _Peace_ contains a Book of Gold (at least it was written by a character named Gold, and concerns gold). It is a fake, and it leads to conflict an…
21 Dec 2010, 15:32
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Agreed. Mieville made it pretty clear. Mieville is good, though currently a little over-rated, I think. I read _Perdido Street Station_ and enjoyed it, but am in no great rush t…
21 Dec 2010, 15:28
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I don't really follow. Do you think Wolfe is a Bible literalist? I would find it easier to believe he is a crypto-communist! - Gerry Quinn…
21 Dec 2010, 15:14
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From: Marc Aramini Okay, the problem with the syncretism of Wolfe's universe is multifold for interpreting whether a "Jesus" exists. Some of Silk's "Enlightenment" seems to hav…
21 Dec 2010, 15:09
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Will try ;) - Gerry Quinn ----- Original Message -----…
16 Dec 2010, 20:49
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com> could be explained in various ways: Even theologians who take a hard line on this might pause for t…
16 Dec 2010, 20:49
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----- Original Message ----- What you seem to be saying here is that this iteration features a Jesus who is not Christ, although he acts and spoke as Christ did. And since we h…
16 Dec 2010, 20:18
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We have evidence for the existence of Jesus. We have no evidence for any difference between the Jesus of this universe (if different universe it is) and our own. It seems to me…
16 Dec 2010, 19:38
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If the Witches are the sisters of the Torturers, there would seem to be a numerical anomaly here. - Gerry Quinn…
16 Dec 2010, 19:31
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Far from it. In the case of the Antechamber, for example, I am clearly in the position of A, whereas David Stockhoff, in particular, is in trhe position of B. I don't whimper a…
16 Dec 2010, 19:25
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Insofar as they are worshipping the god of gods, yes. I don't think this is especially theologically controversial, certainly not in the case of Allah. I don't see any grounds i…
16 Dec 2010, 19:05
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To start with, because to assume something not mentioned in a text must therefore not exist in the universe of that text is a leap. You have not heard of any... except insofar as…
16 Dec 2010, 18:36
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Certainly a steel-framed building, but no evidence of drop ceilings in particular! That's beside the point, anyway. The table seems like some kind of terrarium - one wonders whe…
16 Dec 2010, 18:16
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One problem with interpreting 'teratoid' as Inire's mark is that nowhere else in the books is such a mark associated with him. There is no clue needed here either - we are expre…
16 Dec 2010, 18:03
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Or, more precisely, sciemce fiction as described by those with no idea of what is good or bad science fiction. I think I would have subscribed to that concept in the past, but I…
16 Dec 2010, 17:44
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Yes. When have I ever presented myself as such? I have indicated that it is something we should aspire to; I have never stated or implied that I embody it. I would like to thi…
16 Dec 2010, 17:33
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But is it not exactly the interpretation that would spring to the mind of an augur in Silk's hideously incorrect religion? - Gerry Quinn…
16 Dec 2010, 16:18
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IIRC, in the interviews Wolfe said that he was playing with the idea of cyclic universes. He suggested the idea was not fully formed. And I don't recall him ever suggesting tha…
16 Dec 2010, 16:14
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I agree that they are the same. On Urth, God is known as the Increate (emphasing, I think, that he created all but was not himself created). On (in!) the whorl, he is known as …
16 Dec 2010, 15:06
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That must be the explanation. This "alpha male snarling" (i.e. expressions of doubt regarding your theories) couldn't possibly be simply an indication that some people find your…
15 Dec 2010, 18:35
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I don't think there's any special reason to think Severian's universe is without a Christ. There is substantial evidence that it's history is similar to ours. In BotLS there ar…
15 Dec 2010, 18:17
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From: Son of Witz Did anyone even notice my recent verticality metaphor? (Foes of the Increate) I don't think anyone has laid that out before, yet it is right there under your …
15 Dec 2010, 18:01
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It is a bit puzzling! The situation with chems is a bit curious too. A male and female chem can build a child - but characters such as Marble and the soldiers, when they talk a…
15 Dec 2010, 17:49
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I envisage a sort of red octopussy symbol, with rotational symmetry. Note that the symbol appears on each mirror also: ---------------------- I was delighted to hear his voice, a…
15 Dec 2010, 17:43
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There may be some resemblances to Versailles, particularly in that the House Absolute was intended as a seat of government away from the capital, and that it grew slowly over a l…
15 Dec 2010, 17:27
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[Note: as has been pointed out, by you I think, Jonas seems to have been on a different ship from Hethor, so that paracoita theory becomes even more doubtful!] Does he actually …
13 Dec 2010, 23:38
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