Pike's Ghost

Gerry Quinn · 28 Nov 2011, 00:13 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:13:02 -0000
Subject: (urth) Pike's Ghost
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From: Lee Berman 

> > larry miller: I think the more likely explanation regarding Silk as clone 
> > is that Silk is not a clone of Typhons original alien body but a clone of 
> > the blond haired man whose head is grafted onto Piaton.

> Agreed. (and it would solve some debates on the issue of "Silk=Pas?")

Surely it?s evident that the blond-haired man *was* Typhon?

If he were some sort of human mind-slave of a monstrous alien  (for which I don?t believe there?s any textual evidence), and if cloning technology were available, then the alien would surely make a bunch of clones and switch to a new one if the old one wore out.  There would be no need for head transplants. 

Typhon is human or close to human.

Also, if the blond-haired man were the known face of Pas, the same problem would occur with regard to Silk in that none of the Sleepers seem to recognise him as a twin of the Monarch.

- Gerry Quinn
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