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Silk corrupted?
brunians at brunians.org · 22 Jan 2009, 23:24
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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:24:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: (urth) Silk corrupted? In-Reply-To: <93d4039f0901221514j7934e15ycb831b95f233e3a at mail.gmail.com> References: <W648292421519261232665018@webmail26> <6136.67.142.130.31.1232665710.squirrel at brunians.org> <93d4039f0901221514j7934e15ycb831b95f233e3a at mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1116.67.142.130.31.1232666684.squirrel at brunians.org> I don't know anything about Moby. Dick I don't think used this particular idea. . > And the lyrics of Moby. Don't forget Moby. > > > > On 1/22/09, brunians at brunians.org <brunians at brunians.org> wrote: >> The idea that people (or some people) are in some way related to stars >> is >> very, very old. >> >> It appears in Judaism, Hinduism and various American Indian religions. >> >> >> >> . >> >> >> >>> violence? >>> that may be overstepping. any great work is larger than it's author's >>> intention. But I'm sympathetic with your feeling, despite having to >>> poke >>> at it a bit. >>> >>> What I don't understand, all Christ arguments aside, is "How does a >>> star >>> have the consciousness of Severian? How does a star resurrect humans? >>> How >>> does a star steer time? >>> >>> just asking. >>> ~witz >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes [mailto:danldo at gmail.com] >>>>Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 02:46 PM >>>>To: 'The Urth Mailing List' >>>>Subject: Re: (urth) Silk corrupted? >>>> >>>>On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM, David Stockhoff >>>> <dstockhoff at verizon.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I concede, of course, that the Bible takes precedence as a literary >>>>> work in >>>>> both stature and history, so Severian and Jesus can never really be >>>>> coequals. But please let's dispense with the notion---the >>>>> assumption---that >>>>> there can only be a single Christ in all of human literature. It's an >>>>> indefensible position. >>>> >>>>Agreed. Writers are free to create as many Christs as they choose, and >>>>to make them theoanthropoi, divine, etc. >>>> >>>>What is key here is that we are interpreting a work by a writer who >>>>takes the position that Jesus was a unique historical figure, the sole >>>>Theoanthropos and Redeemer, an event which will not and *can* not >>>>be repeated. This is *Wolfe's* position, and to interpret his work in >>>>a way that violates this position is to do that work a violence which >>>>I cannot condone. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant >>>>----- >>>>http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer >>>>http://www.danehyoakes.com >>>> >>>>I once absend-mindedly ordered Three Mile Island dressing in a >>>>restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand >>>>Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce. -- T. Pratchett >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Urth Mailing List >>>>To post, write urth at urth.net >>>>Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Urth Mailing List >>> To post, write urth at urth.net >>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Urth Mailing List >> To post, write urth at urth.net >> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >> > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >
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