plantary problems

Lee Berman · 28 Dec 2010, 17:31 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:31:35 -0500
Subject: (urth) plantary problems
Message-ID: <SNT123-W404465890BD1FBFE248D96CF010 at phx.gbl>

>James Wynn: I'm not crazy about Lee's postulation either. If Nessus is connected to 
>the distant cities of Green, why is it not connected to any city in the 
>galaxy that has a mirror in it?

Hm. Things are spiralling out of control here. I guess the connection could be a mirror
though I was thinking more along the lines of a permanent dream-travel connection (in
contrast to the temporary dream-travel connections made by The Cumaean and Silk-Horn)

I don't think it matters. Nor do "any" other cities or planets in the galaxy matter;
Wolfe doesn't mention them, they don't exist; not in the labyrinth of his stories, 
anyway. If Dr. Talos can create a cosmic opus using only five actors, Dr. Wolfe can
create one using only five heavenly bodies, Urth, Yesod, The Whorl, Blue and Green.
(I don't include Lune because nobody goes there.)  

For me, Marc addresses the key question: 

>I think we need to look at what caused the deluge.

But I don't think the relevant answer is astronomical. It is Biblical. The Flood was caused
by the "Sons Of God and the Nephilim".  "Fallen angels and giants". "Demons and Men Of Reknown". 
By whatever name these things are called (e.g. inhumi and godlings, Inire and Baldanders). They 
show up repeatedly in the Sun Series and I don't see how they can be ignored in a story where
Floods are a recurring theme.

(I'm not making this stuff up. I swear! http://www.gotquestions.org/Nephilim.html

If there is a connection between Urth and Green I can't imagine it being just for fun. There has
to be a thematic purpose to it. I can't remember where the "are Inhumi on Urth?" discussion went
but not far enough, imho. Was Quetzal's origin discussed? Urth's populace knows of manatees but 
only a few know what they really are. I think even fewer know the truth about those elusive blood 
bats.

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