Dr Talos

b sharp · 07 Sep 2006, 10:45 · from 2006-September.txt.gz

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From: bsharporflat at hotmail.com (b sharp)
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:45:31 -0400
Subject: (urth) Dr Talos
Message-ID: <BAY103-F508E9DEAD68FF8A32FB95D7360 at phx.gbl>

Dan'l writes about Talos:

>He has surpassed his maker in some significant ways; this might itself be 
>something of
>a "theme" in tBotNS, given the history of the Hiero-foos. But when he 
>deliberately evokes >Frankenstein, I'm forcefully reminded of the most 
>chilling line in Shelley's book: "You are my >creator, but I am your 
>master. Obey!"

Ah, so you are thinking the Baldanders-Talos relationship mirrors the 
humanity-Hierogrammate relationship? That's a pretty insightful thought and 
I don't think I've ever seen it hinted at before.

um...Hiero-fools?

-bsharp

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