Pike's ghost

Larry Miller · 28 Nov 2011, 01:24 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: decanus1284 at gmail.com (Larry Miller)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:24:36 -0500
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
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well of course Gerry.  But Typhon is a monster in the same way that
Abaia or Erebus are monsters.  As I said before if you see Typhon as
human thats fine.  I just trust Wolfes naming conventions and certain
clues that I interpreted to point towards Typhon not being human.  As
Ive said before Piaton is surely human and Typhons head is probably
human too.  But his name seems to signify alien origin.  We know that
possession of bodies by Typhon and his family is possible so why is it
hard to think that Typhon occupied other bodies before Piaton and the
blond haired man?

On 11/27/11, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Larry Miller
>
>> Before this thread turns into another Typhons Nature 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.
> Can?t a man be a monster?
> - Gerry Quinn

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