Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

Gerry Quinn · 19 Nov 2011, 11:33 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:33:10 -0000
Subject: (urth) Fwd: Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy
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From: James Wynn 
  > > If the Rajan is any part Neighbour, that part is completely amnesiac.  Too much
  > > amnesia to go around.  He?s not a Neighbour.

> Why do you think a Neighbor should be an expert on Mother's worshippers?
>  I'm not claiming the narrator ever was one.

It?s just an example.  He knows squat about the Neighbours.  He knows all about the Whorl.  

And I haven?t got to that bit yet, but the Neighbours treat him as a representative of the human race.  If they were taking over that would work (he could be a sort of Manchurian Candidate) but since they are apparently handing off Blue to the humans, why spoil the ceremony by dealing with a fake human?  [And no, it *doesn?t* mirror the Incarnation.]

> Secondly, this shows remarkable nativity regarding the concepts Wolfe is 
> dealing with...?But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the 
> angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."

The nativity you propose is indeed remarkable ;-)

> Thirdly, he was a young Neighbor (all those little trees in that broken glass dome). 

I don?t see how that follows, but anyway whether he is or not he seemingly knows enough Neighbour lore to do whatever he did with Horn.  So how come he forgot it?

> Finally, I offer Able. Some people argued that it was odd that he was able to 
> become an accomplished archer so quickly. Wolfe's answer was, "Well remember
> he's spent some years in Aelfrice." So why do he display such ignorance of the 
> place throughout the novel?

Different book, different genre, and yes, amnesia that we are *told* about in personalities that we are *told* about.

- Gerry Quinn

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