Typhon's nature

larry miller · 10 Oct 2011, 23:32 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: biglar1984 at gmail.com (larry miller)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:32:39 -0400
Subject: (urth) Typhon's nature
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I think Typhons obssession with his face has more to do with
maintaining his rule. His face was probably a symbol of his reign in
the same way that the Autarchs face adorns the coin given to Severian
by Vodalus.  I believe he says something along the lines of "Its the
face that men obey".  This might also explain Typhons hiding out in
his mountain in Urth of the New Sun.  If the populace were to know
they were ruled by a two headed alien they might threaten Typhons
monarchy.

On 10/10/11, Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com> wrote:
> David Stockhoff wrote (10-10-2011 22:56):
>> Unless there is scanning of the older clone and uploading into the
>> younger.
>
> When the older dies, the older dies, regardless of having been copied into
> the younger. The entity may go on existing for third parties, including the
> younger clone, but not for itself.
>
>> If Typhon has superpowers that are genetic in origin, he'd lose them if he
>> transferred to another brain, unless that brain also has that
>> genetically-derived infrastructure. Might this explain his reluctance to
>> lose his "face"?
>
> That's a pretty good idea.
> I find that face stuff strange, unless there is some deeper meaning of faces
> to be reckoned with.
>
>
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