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At 05:27 AM 05-02-01 -0800, Tim Boolos wrote:
I guess I'll start.
First, RTTW was the most fulfilling
end to a series that I have ever read.
I was in awe of the whole scope of
what he accomplished and the end-
ing with Remora surprised me. Yes,
I'll admit it I missed all the clues and
was shaken when I realized the im-
pact of that conversation with Re-
mora. I still can't get over how in-
volved I was with the character and
yet never figured out truly what was
going on.
So, here are a few questions for
wiser heads like Alga and Mantis
and Borksi.
[snip]
"I would never have used it while
Nettle was alive", confused me, Jahlee
didn't kill Nettle, did she? Didn't
Nettle go with Silk and Marble?
[snip]
For the most part, I agree with David DiGiacomo's
answers. For the question above, though, I'd suggest
that it's another example of Horn's and Silk's mem-
ories mixing. "It" is the azoth, if I recall correctly (I
don't have the book here to check); he says "Nettle"
but means, I think, Hyacinth. Note, if you will, that
this error is the opposite of the ones he was making
at the beginning of OBW; at that time, Hyacinth's
name often appeared when he meant Nettle, but by
this point, the substitutions have entirely reversed
themselves.
Nacre
*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.