In message <199705141554.IAA12239 at lists1.best.com>, Joel Priddy writes:
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(2) What is the source of information for the auguries? The options that my soft little brain can come up with for the source of Silk's very accurate divination are: chance (lucky guess); divine (the Outsider); mechanical (Mainframe); mystical (the gods); or psychic (Silk himself).
Speculation - has Horn or one of his interviewers not been
100% truthful about what was said at the auguries. I mean, are there clues elsewhere that the auguries aren't reliable? I think there was an augury that didn't go into the details of the entrails but consisted of predictions - clearly this was an example of a different interviewee's account, but the interviewee seemed to recount the happenings rather than anything else. (Which could be due to ignorance of the interpretation.)
Personally, I'm going to have to decide which question to put to Gene Wolfe - there's so many to ask!
Tercel