Beanz Meanz Erebuz

Tony Ellis · 10 Feb 1998, 08:45 · from urth-v0007.mbox · original

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From: "Tony Ellis" <tellis at futurenet.co.uk>
Subject: (urth) Beanz Meanz Erebuz
Date: 10 Feb 1998 09:45:25 +0100
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
s]

                                                                      =3D
10/02/98
                                                                      =3D
09:17
 Beanz Meanz Erebuz

CRCulver (on the Black Beans):
>This story seems, in my opinion, to show the planting of the black hole =
=3D
in
>the Old Sun.

Nice idea, but see below:

>Who is this woman?=20
Evidently a space traveller with access to alien lifeforms - not unlike
a female Hethor. I think that's all we know about her.

>I would like to know the etymology of 'Nessus' and what relation it=20
has to poison.

Nessus the centaur was killed by Hercules. His ingenious revenge,
as he lay dying, was to get Hercules' wife to treat a shirt with his
blood, which was the most caustic poison imaginable. When=20
Hercules put on the shirt it burned like fire and couldn't be=20
removed.=20

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