changing the immutable gods

Matthew King · 04 Apr 2006, 20:28 · from 2006-April.txt.gz

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From: automatthew at gmail.com (Matthew King)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:28:29 -0700
Subject: (urth) changing the immutable gods
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On Apr 4, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

> On 4/4/06, aramini1 at cox.net <aramini1 at cox.net> wrote:
>> I would bet major money on any or all of these conjectures.
>
>> 1. Latro will probably die and rise again in some way
>> 2.  Latro will probably receive a foot wound, like just about  
>> every other
>>    important, spiritual Wolfe hero.
>> 3.  Latro will visit a city of the dead and escape(unless that  
>> particular
>>    prophecy has already occurred in the Sisyphus sections of Arete).
>> 4.  It will be revealed that Latro has, somehow, more than one  
>> personality,
>>    whether it be through possession or psychosis.
>
> 5. The world in which Latro lives will prove to have a twin world with
>     shape-changing or personality-stealing denizens. (Or has this
>     already happened?)
> 6. Latro will meet a limping man in black with a scarred face.
> 7. Latro will unwillingly become the ruler of some citystate or other.
>
> Well, these are neither more nor less probable than Marc's, I think...
>

8. The gods will turn out to be fairies, a.k.a. extraterrestrials

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