Hut in the Jungle

Jeff Wilson · 31 Mar 2009, 19:07 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:07:39 -0500
Subject: (urth) Hut in the Jungle
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b sharp wrote:
> FWIW- 
>  
> I see the Jungle Hut as a clear example of a time travel device as
> most specifically described for the Last House: a labyrinthine
> entranceway leading to a vertical structure. We see this pattern
> repeated in the towers around the Atrium of Time, Ultan's Library and
> probably in the Naviscaput's lair. Higher levels are in the future
> and lower levels are in the past (this helps explain Valeria and the
> Path of Air).

What's the example for Ultan? IIRC, during his sighted days he was fond 
of reading by a window on the 49th floor of the library, overlooking the 
  Upholsterer's Garden.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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