# Suns *The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 05 Sep 2003* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes *05 Sep 2003, 00:49* One of those "Duh" moments. Okay, Severian is the New Sun. Is Silk the Long Sun? Is the Narrator the Short Sun? If so, how, and what does this mean? --- ### James Jordan *05 Sep 2003, 01:13 · follows Dan'l Danehy-Oakes* > At 07:49 PM 9/4/2003, you wrote: > One of those "Duh" moments. > > Okay, Severian is the New Sun. > > Is Silk the Long Sun? Is the Narrator the Short Sun? > > If so, how, and what does this mean? > > --Blattid Well, Silk is tall, and more importantly, I guess, he is, we assume, a clone of the builder of the LS Whorl, and he goes off with the Whorl. What begins with Pas ends and continues beyond ending with Silk. So, that seems to fit. Narrator? I haven't a clew, unless his brief time on the planets makes him short in time. Nutria --- ### Lisa Schaffer-Doggett *05 Sep 2003, 01:17 · follows James Jordan* > On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 05:49 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote: > One of those "Duh" moments. > > Okay, Severian is the New Sun. > > Is Silk the Long Sun? Is the Narrator the Short Sun? > > If so, how, and what does this mean? > > --Blattid One explanation, only slightly satisfying, I've seen is that Silk is tall and I assume Horn falls short. That's my two cents. Don ---