Two Silk questions

James Jordan · 15 Jul 2002, 18:02 · from urth-v0207.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Two Silk questions
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:02:10 -0500
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Pas is not yet dead when Silk sees his dead biological parents in the=20
Outsider's "Mainframe," so he cannot be Silk's father. I think the=20
blondness of Pas and Kypris is a thematic parallel, or a red herring, or bo=
th.
         You might be right that they chose Silk because of blond parents=20
(how common would such be in South America?). Yet, given how the embryos=20
have been ruined, how could they know when he would be born, or that he=20
would be born before landfall? Not possible to plan this, I think. The=20
selection of Silk's embryo for birth is part of the Outsider's plan, not Pa=
s's.
         Thus, I think it is a literary coincidence.

Nutria


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