# Blue as Ushas - red star

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 18 Nov 2002*

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### Don Doggett
*18 Nov 2002, 06:58*

>  Chris wrote:
> Unfortunately I think your red star is another red herring. Silk did see
> this star at least once, in the enlightenment given him by the Outsider,
> along with a lot of other knowledge of history, etc. One can easily argue
> that Silk's enlightenment is false or partially mistaken (certainly Crane
> would agree). But to attack that is to attack a lot of other things, some
> of
> which are integral to all of our understanding of the novels.

I don't recall this but I believe you.  However, seeing the red star during
his enlightenment on the Whorl is far from the same as seeing it in person
from the ground on Blue.

Don

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