Pike's ghost

Larry Miller · 27 Nov 2011, 01:18 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: decanus1284 at gmail.com (Larry Miller)
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:18:15 -0500
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
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Thanks Gerry.  My only problem with this theory is that I believe
Typhon is an alien.  Silk may be have been a body grown for Pas to use
after disembarking, a body for "permanent possession" that he could
rule from.  Again I am willing to hear any evidence or opinions
regarding this.

On 11/26/11, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
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>
> From: Larry Miller
>
>> I apologize for asking such a question as Im sure it has been
>> discussed ad naseum but as I am fairly new to the list and still
>> playing catch up in the archives here goes: What makes anyone think
>> that Silk is a clone of Typhon?  Id be interested in hearing the basis
>> of this theory and any textual evidence anyone has that points to such
>> a conclusion.  Thanks.
> There are a good few reasons that appeal to various degrees to various
> people.  One is the fact that Silk is certainly a special embryo, one
> seeming bred to have leadership abilities.  Another is the thoughts and
> hints from several places that Typhon/Pas would have planned to disembark on
> the colonised planets.  Those two are the main ones that tilt me towards the
> concept.  I know Marc also sets store by various dreams and visions of Silk,
> and Kypris wanting him in particular to augment Pas.  And I think other
> people have other motivations for thinking that way.
> But there are problems with Silk as Typhon clone ? I pointed out this
> particular one before in regard to Mamelta and Rigoglio, but I just realised
> it applies to all Sleepers.
> I think it?s very possible that Silk as Typhon clone was a ?seed? for
> Wolfe?s original concept, a seed that got buried and eventually abandoned as
> a real thread in the storyline.  [Okay, seeds need to be buried ? but they
> die if you bury them too deep.]
> - Gerry Quinn

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