[BGSpam]Re: Typhon's nature

Gerry Quinn · 14 Oct 2011, 15:02 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:02:25 +0100
Subject: (urth) [BGSpam]Re:  Typhon's nature
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From: larry miller 

> Does anyone think this telepathic-internet might be connected with
> Cyriacas story?
Interesting idea.  My instinct is that Cyriaca?s story relates to a much earlier time, and she makes no mention of Typhon but refers instead to a machine-dominated society.  But it?s not inconceivable.  
One other  reason for doubting it is that it seems improbable that Wolfe had thought of Mamelta when he wrote Cyriaca.
- Gerry Quinn


> On 10/14/11, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
> > We also learn that the inhabitants of Typhon?s Urth (or maybe just certain
> > classes or occupations) were wired into some kind of always-on telepathic
> > internet. They did not need to use normal speech to communicate, and the
> > system was also used for control: the family of the Monarch danced or
> > stalked through their dreams.  When they were placed in the Whorl, brain
> > operations were needed to remove the apparatus (whether that consisted of
> > modified brain tissue or electronics we are not told) associated with this
> > internet, and to reduce their mental dependence on the rulers.  The latter
> > was not possible to completely achieve  - and thus came about the eventual
> > political/religious structure of the Whorl - but the surgeons did ?as much
> > as they dared?.  Brain centres associated with speech processing may have
> > also needed to be revamped, or it may be that the ability to speak ?to move
> > my lips and my tongue... while I make this noise in my throat? was present
> > anyway, though unused.
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