Blue as Ushas - red star

Don Doggett · 18 Nov 2002, 06:58 · from urth-v0211.mbox · original

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From: "Don Doggett" <harlekin at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Blue as Ushas - red star
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:58:36 -0800
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 Chris wrote:

> Unfortunately I think your red star is another red herring. Silk did see
> this star at least once, in the enlightenment given him by the Outsider,
> along with a lot of other knowledge of history, etc. One can easily argue
> that Silk's enlightenment is false or partially mistaken (certainly Crane
> would agree). But to attack that is to attack a lot of other things, some
of
> which are integral to all of our understanding of the novels.
>

I don't recall this but I believe you.  However, seeing the red star during
his enlightenment on the Whorl is far from the same as seeing it in person
from the ground on Blue.

Don



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