Inhumi in the Whorl

Lee Berman · 18 Aug 2010, 18:43 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:43:09 -0400
Subject: (urth) Inhumi in the Whorl
Message-ID: <SNT123-W7CD00CB4F4D8A5BFF5A6DCF9D0 at phx.gbl>

>Dan'l- Two, actually: Baldanders is named for a monster in Borges' _Book of
>Imaginary Beings_, who comes from German literature -- where he is a
>shapeshifter, in fact.

Yes, good point. I suppose Wolfe's Baldanders is based more on the Borgean giant
than the protean German guys.

Baldanders' status as a megatherian is surely an interesting question.

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