Typhon & the Whorl

Pedro Pereira · 21 Dec 2007, 12:52 · from 2007-December.txt.gz

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From: domus_artemis at hotmail.com (Pedro Pereira)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:52:07 +0200
Subject: (urth) Typhon & the Whorl
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And by the way, let me say that the Blue/Green system was the intended destination right from the start according to Wolfe, which puts to rest some theories that the Whorl changed its destination or that someone (or something) hijacked it and changed its original destination.

Pedro

From: domus_artemis at hotmail.comTo: urth at lists.urth.netDate: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:44:21 +0200Subject: Re: (urth) Typhon & the Whorl

The answer is right here in this list. Its one of the few interviews in which memebers asked questions that Wolfe later answered:  <<<<From: m.driussi at genie.comSubject: (whorl) Train from WolfelandDate: Sat, 14 Jun 97 21:15:00 GMT[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun] 3. "What was Typhon's purpose in lanunching the Whorl and was theBlue/Green system the intended destination?"  Knowing Typhon as I do,he probably had at least half a dozen purposes; but certainly one ofthe chief must have been self-aggrandizement -- to return human kindto the stars would be a very great thing indeed.  Yes, the Blue-Greensystem was the intended destination.>>>>  There it is, clear as water. Pedro> > >Pedro Pereira wrote:> >> >As for the reason for constructing the Whorl, the major reason is that > >Wolfe wanted to write a story about a generation starship. The second is > >that Typhon wanted Immortality, he wanted to be Remembered. He was a > >megalomaniac. He wanted to be worshiped for Eternity. So he built the > >Whorl. Wolfe states so as the main reason in one of his interviews. Whith > >the whorl he installs a new colony in which people adore him as a god. As > >his empire grows, so does his cult. His name will not be a distant thing > >of no importance to people on the fringes of a nominal-only empire. People > >will actively worship him even if he never pays a visit in 100 years.> > I'd certainly like to read that interview as it directly refutes one of my > views on the issue.> > > Dan > > > _______________________________________________> Urth Mailing List> To post, write urth at urth.net> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net

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