Typee, incidentally

David Stockhoff · 14 Nov 2010, 03:53 · from 2010-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:53:25 -0500
Subject: (urth) Typee, incidentally
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Never read that---can you describe it?

On 11/13/2010 9:00 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 11/13/2010 2:12 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>> I tend towards the view that the Hierodules are on the right side in the
>> Cosmic struggle; if they were merely human we could indeed be very
>> suspicious of their motives, but I do not think they are intended to be.
>> Of course, that is just what one of theire dupes would be expected to
>> think, but still... as I noted before, we haven't seen anything at all
>> to make us think the other side is good.
>
> I wouldn't say it is quite that one-sided; Juturna claims to be 
> motivated by love, both personal and on behalf of Abaia and his 
> minions in general. Her acts of assistance and succor outnumber those 
> of menace. It may be an alien love whose details we find revolting, 
> though it manages to serve the Increate's plan. Sev's discourse just 
> before her appearance in the throne room suggests each party to the 
> plot does good and evil and each has some of the truth, making the 
> "sides" more of a continuum.
>
> I wonder if Juturna's green hair is also a couched reference to 
> Asimov's "Green Pacthes"/"Misbegotten Missionary"?
>
>

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