Pike's ghost

António Marques · 28 Nov 2011, 00:38 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:38:19 +0000
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
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Larry Miller wrote:
> Before this thread turns into another Typhons Nature

In what way hasn't it?

> Ill just say this: In Castle of the Otter in the Onomastics chapter
> Wolfe very clearly lays out his naming scheme.  His first rule is
> "Everything is just what it says it is."  He even refers to Typhon as
> a monster and Piaton as a man.  Typhon therefore is not human (or at
> least not in the same way as the Urthlings are) even in Wolfes eyes.
> There are things in the text that also seem to point to Typhons
> "alienness." Whether you choose to read them that way is up to the
> individual reader ultimately.  This may just be one of those things
> we will have to agree to disagree on Gerry.

This is one of those things on which a firm opinion isn't all that 
relevant in isolation. It's rather 'there's this interesting scheme in 
which Typhon isn't human' and 'there's this interesting scheme in which 
Typhon is human'.

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