Soldier Of The Mist: first reading (mit spoilers)

Russell Wodell · 28 Jan 2010, 22:44 · from 2010-January.txt.gz

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From: wrustle at gmail.com (Russell Wodell)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:44:27 -0800
Subject: (urth) Soldier Of The Mist: first reading (mit spoilers)
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I believe the Maiden (ie, Persephone) spells this out to Latro when he
descends  below the floor of the temple. But it is never, I think, made
clear how Latro could make amends for the desecration; certainly he is still
cursed (unable to remember) in *Soldier of Sidon, *where he is manipulated
by the Egyptian dieties as coldly as by the Greek ones.

Has Wolfe ever hinted at a fourth novel in the sequence, aside from
complaining that he is probably too old (which we shouldn't take at face
value, I suspect).

Russell Wodell

2010/1/28 James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>

> > I don't remember if Wolfe says anything about the desecration
> > of the grove, but Herodotus does.
>
> I couldn't tell you exactly where, but I'm pretty sure Latro is told that
> it was Demeter who struck him.
>
> J.
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