Shadow Children and Inhumi

James Wynn · 30 Nov 2010, 15:08 · from 2010-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:08:05 -0600
Subject: (urth) Shadow Children and Inhumi
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On 11/29/2010 10:29 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>> Gerry Quinn-  I think that's quite a stretch -
>> the text pretty much spells out what the>Shadow Children are.
> I think this was discussed in the past year so I'll try to keep it brief.
> Yes, The Old Wiseone clearly tells Sandwalker that the Shadow Children are
> the remnants of human beings who arrived on spaceships and have been stunted,
> deformed and indeterminate in number by their chewing of an addictive narcotic plant.
> I have no objection to those who find this answer satifying and sufficient.
> But I find a few plausible reasons to doubt the story.

One should beware of what the text spells out in a Wolfe novel. In an 
interview, Wolfe referred to Sandwalker as a Shadow Child, which is not 
surprising considering

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