Dr. Talos

Adam Thornton · 06 Sep 2006, 23:51 · from 2006-September.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:51:47 -0700
Subject: (urth) Dr. Talos
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On Sep 6, 2006, at 11:35 AM, b sharp wrote:
> Also, Talos loves whacking the heads off flowers with his cane.   
> What's up
> with that?

I see that as the Frankenstein flower-picking reference.

> And what's up with him in general?  A homunculus?  Name from a
> mythical bronze man?  Hot dry skin.  No sex, sleep or food needed?

All of these: Onomastics works quite well here.  Talos is an  
automaton, a creation of Baldanders: "face like a stuffed fox"--think  
of him as a *very* sophisticated alarm clock.  Although he eventually  
acquires a measure of independence.

Adam

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