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Dan Rabin wrote:
P.S. Has it occurred to anyone else that Silk "sits as the right head of God"? Couldn't resist--sorry.
Yeah, and that's what baffles me about Horn's religious notions: he still thinks Pas is a god and can still be compared to the Outsider. One would hope that the fact that Typhon was a madman will be made perfectly clear for Horn in the next volume. In the meantime, he's blaspheming the Outsider numerous times through his worship of an idol, but doesn't quite realize it.
Horn's performance of the Eucharist at the altar of the Neighbors must be one of the finest scenes Wolfe has even written. "On Blue's Waters" lacked the depth of Catholic symbolism that the BotLS had, but IGJ really brings it back. It was rather amuzing to see Horn telling Hide to call him "Father" (as if a priest) right after he tells of the experience of the altar. It also made me think that, in the religious context of the BotLS and BotSS, Horn is a priest: he's the representative of the Son (Silk) on Earth (well, Blue).
Christopher Culver <new_sun at hotmail.com>