the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes

Roy C. Lackey · 19 Jan 2011, 07:39 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:39:47 -0600
Subject: (urth) the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes
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Gerry Quinn wrote, quote, wrote:
> >> Also, I had forgotten: Echidna!  When she possesses Marble she has a
> >> confrontation with Silk.  There is no indication there that he is a
clone
> >> of Pas either.
> >
> > And don't forget Cilinia. If you're trying to convince yourself, I don't
> > think you needed any help. I don't see Wolfe's writings the way you do.
I
> > don't think you get him, but apparently his works can be enjoyed on that
> > level.
>
> Cilinia too, indeed.  But tell me, so, that I may learn to appreciate
Wolfe
> at your level - how do you explain Echidna's apparently total lack of
> acknowledgement that she was speaking to a clone of Typhon while she went
on
> about various other unrelated matters?

Echidna was percipient enough at that theophany to pick out the Prolocutor
from among a crowd of thousands, even though Quetzal was disguised as an old
man wearing a nondescript brown tunic (CALDE, chap. 3, 92).

-Roy

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