Typhon's Confidence (plus some other questions)

Darrell Burgan · 01 Feb 2014, 05:52 · from 2014-January.txt.gz

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From: darrell.burgan at gmail.com (Darrell Burgan)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:52:51 -0600
Subject: (urth) Typhon's Confidence (plus some other questions)
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Heh, that's an awesome quote. I find it to be great fun that Wolfe mixes up
his symbolism a bit to keep the reader on her toes. One definitely has the
sense that something of biblical proportions is happening throughout the
Solar Labyrinth series, but one is damned if they can put their finger on
exactly what it is. I love it.


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>wrote:

> "We say Jesus was a carpenter, but the only thing we are told he actually
> made was a whip."
> --Gene Wolfe
>
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