megatherians = vanished gods?
The Urth list — 6 messages, 4 voices, 08 Oct 2011
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larry miller — 08 Oct 2011, 21:50

Recently reread the BotnS and started rereading BotSS and was
wondering ig thier was any connection between the Vanished Gods of
Blue and the Megatherians of Urth?

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David Stockhoff — 08 Oct 2011, 22:15
  in reply to larry miller

> On 10/8/2011 5:50 PM, larry miller wrote:
> Recently reread the BotnS and started rereading BotSS and was
> wondering ig thier was any connection between the Vanished Gods of
> Blue and the Megatherians of Urth?

Short answer:

Yes!

No!

Maybe!

What correspondences do you see, Larry?

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larry miller — 09 Oct 2011, 01:07
  follows, by subject match David Stockhoff

obviously there are similarities between the mother and the brides of
abaia and i noticed the speculation on the urth list about pas family
being the megatherians.  Borskis comment in solar labyrinth that
typhon was a neighbor got me thinking that maybe there were more
connections between the series.  Any input would be greatly
appreciated.

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James Wynn — 09 Oct 2011, 18:02
  in reply to larry miller

I think BotSS is explicit that there is some kind of direct connection 
between Scylla on Urth and Mother on Blue.

> On 10/8/2011 4:50 PM, larry miller wrote:
> Recently reread the BotnS and started rereading BotSS and was
> wondering ig thier was any connection between the Vanished Gods of
> Blue and the Megatherians of Urth?
> _______________________________________________

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larry miller — 09 Oct 2011, 18:47
  follows, by subject match James Wynn

So maybe the "beans" in Jonas story are a reference to cells from
which the Vanished Gods grew bodies to download into becoming the
megatherians in the same way they grew humans on the whorl.  Any
thoughts?

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Andrew Mason — 09 Oct 2011, 21:32
  follows, by subject match larry miller

Some people do find it controversial whether the name 'megatherians'
refers to the monsters (Erebus, Abaia and co.), but that's by the by.

As James says, there is definitely a connection between the Mother on
Blue and Scylla on Urth - I think they are said to be sisters. There
are indications, notably the bean story, that the monsters on Urth
came from space; this may mean either that they came from Blue, or
that they came to both Urth and Blue from a third planet.

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