Pike's ghost

Gerry Quinn · 28 Nov 2011, 04:23 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:23:54 -0000
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
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From: Larry Miller 

> No I think that his mind or whatever you want to call it laid dormant
> all those years between the Conciliator until his resurrection.  The
> reason he didnt reappear is because Severian killed that body before
> his mind could be transferred into another.  I dont think Typhons
> abilities work in the same way as Mucors where he can jump from body
> to body at will.  There has to be some kind of procedure/operation
> involved.  Unfortunately for him Typhon was stuck in the body that
> Severian killed.

Why assume an alien with one-way mind transfer, when there?s no difference from if he was human all along? 
- Gerry Quinn
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