I agree with Adam. I believe the 3 BotSS are a beautiful progression of
1. a man in denial finally facing the truth of his death
2. a man who has lost his reason for living finally admitting he is still alive
4 quoted lines · 1–2 deep
on 2/17/01 1:11 PM, James Jordan at jbjordan at gnt.net wrote:
Now, the narrator does say that he killed Hide and Hoof's father. But this could mean several different things, such as that his actions on Green resulted in the death of his body.
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:20:19 Adam Stephanides wrote:
I can't imagine Horn's saying those words, in the context in which they appear, with that meaning. "I'm not going to say goodbye to my sons, who I will never see again, because my actions caused the death of my physical body on Green"???
Horn knew his body had died on Green. He seemed to have no confusion about this, but still did not mention that he had killed Hoof and Hide's father. Horn even knowing he was in not in his body, still believed himself very much alive through most of the three books. It was only when Silk admitted he was alive and Horn either released himself or Silk released him that he mentions killing the boys' father.
alga,
Thanks for the info on which description of Scylla, Wolfe based his character on. The only thing that drew me to the first description was the line "Other accounts say that she was changed into a lark by the gods and her father into a hawk." relating to Scylla residing in Oreb.
Dennis/Endy
http://home.mindspring.com/~endymion9/index.htm
*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.