Soldier Of The Mist: first reading (mit spoilers)

brunians at brunians.org · 28 Jan 2010, 23:05 · from 2010-January.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:05:43 -0500 (EST)
Subject: (urth) Soldier Of The Mist: first reading (mit spoilers)
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There was some momentum behind the first and second novels, but when there
was no market for the third, he went on to other projects, and if he lost
the thread of where he was going (so to speak) no one should be very
surprised.

When, years later, there was a market for the third novel, it is unlikely
in the extreme (in my opinion) that the third novel he wrote then
resembles the third novel he would have written originally, except perhaps
in broad outline.

I do know that his original intent was to take Latro around the World, and
give voice to his picture of the ancient World.

.



> 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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