questions arising from Babbiehorn

Larry Miller · 17 Nov 2011, 16:48 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: decanus1284 at gmail.com (Larry Miller)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:48:15 -0500
Subject: (urth) questions arising from Babbiehorn
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Thanks James.  Back when I thought Blue was Urth I thought maybe it
was the ruins of the Botanic Gardens and that the island was the
floating plantlife that was inside before its destruction.  I remember
on my reread being struck by Horns description of the glass and the
similarities with the gem that housed the claw.  I also thought that
the spiderlike figure placing something on Horns forehead was Severian
resurrecting him with the claw.

On 11/17/11, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/17/2011 6:44 AM, Larry Miller wrote:
>> 1) What is the glass structure that Horn and Seawrack come across on
>> the island?      2) If Horn is resurrected on Blue as a Nieghbor
>> what/who dies on Green?                                3) How is Silk
>> inside Pig and his own body (occupied by Horn) at the same time?
>
> 1) I don't believe there has been any satisfactory full explanation of this.
>
> 2) When Horn dies in the the pit, his spirit goes to the Outsider.
> Horn's body is possessed by a Neighbor (that greenbuck Horn was chasing
> when he fell into the pit) who feels culpable for his death. In
> recompense, he adopts Horn's identity and mission. Horn's body dies on
> Green. The Neighbor performs the same trick again by possessing and
> repairing Silk's dying body. Obviously, not everyone agrees with this.
> Marc has an equally developed theory about what happens in the pit. I
> don't no of any other strong opinion about what happens when Horn dies
> the two times.
>
> 3) Silk was scanned and has become a Mainframe god. Silver Silk/Silent
> Silk is possessing Pig.
>
>
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