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This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 3884, "subject": "The Book of Typhon part one, revised: Severian's", "messages": 2, "voices": 1, "first": "2003-03-07T09:47:14+00:00", "last": "2003-03-07T10:01:43+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Che Monro", "address": "flirt at technologist.com" }, "date": "2003-03-07T09:47:14+00:00", "subject": "Re: (urth) The Book of Typhon part one, revised: Severian's", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "At 08:51 PM 6/03/03 -0800, you wrote:\nHi everyone, Don here again (not Lisa though I suppose that's appropriate \nto the gender bending discussions of late :)) Below is what I've been \ncontemplating in my abscence. Enjoy!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Great One, may I offer you my praise on your elegant and beautiful theory. \nIt's such a joy to be present at the birth of such a wonderful child, even \nwhen the birth is a difficult one.\n\nCommenting from the perspective of an Ox or an Ass, I too spotted the \nKipling connection (the Red Flower in particular was a dead give away).\n\n\"They will hold a jungle Council at the Rock, and then--and then--I have \nit!\" said Bagheera, leaping up. \"Go thou down quickly to the men's huts in \nthe valley, and take some of the Red Flower which they grow there, so that \nwhen the time comes thou mayest have even a stronger friend than I or Baloo \nor those of the Pack that love thee. Get the Red Flower.\"\n\nGreat One, did you know that Mowgli means \"Frog\" in um, Hindi, I guess. \nNobody could write mystical tales like Kipling, although I must go and read \nGraves' _The White Goddess_ because it sounds interesting.\n\nMy humble praises and blessings on your child! I too always thought there \nwas something vaguely oedipal about Severian. He comes from himself and \ngoes to himself. No man is an island (or a whorl) but he seems to come \nclose. I thought that Dorcas was his mother becuase it seemed to make sense \nat the time. That would make him his own father.. Is this biologically \npossible, Great One? Wouldn't both halves of his DNA chromasomes have to be \nidentical? Is that allowed?\n\nI've always loved Dorcas the most and I think she would make a great \nmother, but I will transfer a little of my adoration to you for politeness \nsake. You don't mind if I worship you a little in my simple minded way?\n\nNo? Thank you, Great One. Behind our efforts, let there be found our efforts.\n\nChe\n\n\nChé Franz Joseph Monro -- http://www.chemonro.com\nche at chemonro.com -- flirt at technologist.com" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Che Monro", "address": "flirt at technologist.com" }, "date": "2003-03-07T10:01:43+00:00", "subject": "Re: (urth) The Book of Typhon part one, revised: Severian's", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "At 08:51 PM 6/03/03 -0800, you wrote:\nHi everyone, Don here again (not Lisa though I suppose that's appropriate \nto the gender bending discussions of late :)) Below is what I've been \ncontemplating in my abscence. Enjoy!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Great One, may I offer you my praise on your elegant and beautiful theory. \nIt's such a joy to be present at the birth of such a wonderful child, even \nwhen the birth is a difficult one.\n\nCommenting from the perspective of an Ox or an Ass, I too spotted the \nKipling connection (the Red Flower in particular was a dead give away).\n\n\"They will hold a jungle Council at the Rock, and then--and then--I have \nit!\" said Bagheera, leaping up. \"Go thou down quickly to the men's huts in \nthe valley, and take some of the Red Flower which they grow there, so that \nwhen the time comes thou mayest have even a stronger friend than I or Baloo \nor those of the Pack that love thee. Get the Red Flower.\"\n\nGreat One, did you know that Mowgli means \"Frog\" in um, Hindi, I guess. \nNobody could write mystical tales like Kipling, although I must go and read \nGraves' _The White Goddess_ because it sounds interesting.\n\nMy humble praises and blessings on your child! I too always thought there \nwas something vaguely oedipal about Severian. He comes from himself and \ngoes to himself. No man is an island (or a whorl) but he seems to come \nclose. I thought that Dorcas was his mother becuase it seemed to make sense \nat the time. That would make him his own father.. Is this biologically \npossible, Great One? Wouldn't both halves of his DNA chromasomes have to be \nidentical? Is that allowed?\n\nI've always loved Dorcas the most and I think she would make a great \nmother, but I will transfer a little of my adoration to you for politeness \nsake. You don't mind if I worship you a little in my simple minded way?\n\nNo? Thank you, Great One. Behind our efforts, let there be found our efforts.\n\nChe\n\n\nChé Franz Joseph Monro -- http://www.chemonro.com\nche at chemonro.com -- flirt at technologist.com" } ] } ] }