silk, the dancing toy, gods in the tunnels

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 28 Aug 2013, 16:24 · from 2013-August.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:24:09 -0700
Subject: (urth) silk, the dancing toy, gods in the tunnels
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One other thing about the dogs/gods -- given that they eat the sacrifices,
are they a slam at priestly castes who grow fat on their flocks?


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>    *From:* Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>
> *To:* "urth at urth.net" <urth at urth.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:58 AM
> *Subject:* (urth) silk, the dancing toy, gods in the tunnels
>  >
>
> In addition to what has already been posted about dogs as gods, I tend to
> take a meta-interpretation of it in addition to the other suggestions.
>
> Many agree that Wolfe inserts dogs and wolves throughout his stories as a
> sort of self-reference.  Perhaps these dogs as gods is a reference to his
> own status as the creator of the universe we are inhabiting as we read.
>
> Wolfe's familiarity with gnostic principles seems unquestionable, so I
> don't
> think it escapes him that as he writes, he is functioning as a Demiurge.
> Perhaps the dogs/gods are a recognition that while he is the creator of
> this
> universe, he acknowledges that he is a false (and perhaps evil) god and
> that
> the one true, spiritual God above all should always be recognized
> foremost.
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> Lee, I take it back.  I do feel that what he is doing in Long and Short
> Sun is actually directly related to his biography.  Rosemary and Wolfe
> marry, and Plant Engineering provides for their future.  My whole concept
> of the Solar cycle is that it is the marriage of vegetable and animal
> through a mysterious, plant engineering process (but not the kind of Plant
> that Gene's work life involved).
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