Pike's ghost

David Stockhoff · 29 Nov 2011, 17:38 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:38:25 -0500
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
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On 11/29/2011 12:14 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> > On 11/29/2011 11:30 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> >
> > *From:* Ant?nio Pedro Marques mailto:entonio at gmail.com
> >
> > > > replaced Piaton's or Typhon's head? is Silk ridden or rider?
> >
> > > > I don?t think it matters ? Two-Headed Pas as icon has two equal 
> heads.
> >
> > > > Where does it say that? Pas on the Sacred Window after Sand's
> > > > sacrifice has
> > > > a radiant head and a stupefied one.
> > > You?re right ? I never noticed that.
> > > At the same time, I never noticed the heads being different 
> elsewhere.
> > > Perhaps Pas had to restore from an early save.
> > > I guess that Silk?s head would replace Piaton?s, then. But I still
> > > think that his intended position will not be the equivalent of
> > > Piaton?s. The two-headed aspect of the god Pas has become real.
>
> > And ... drum roll ... WHY do you think that? WHY do you guess that? WHY?
> Lots of reasons. Presumably Kypris doesn?t show Silk his own head 
> gasping. And I don;t think she?s trying to trick him either. Also, in 
> RttW he seems to play a role in Pas/Silk that is greater than Piaton?s 
> role in Typhon/Piaton. And it fits with the concept of the evolution 
> of our idea of god which Wolfe seems to imply in the text.

Thanks for reminding me why I decided to stop talking to you.

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