urth inhumation and unwanted change

maa32 · 26 Nov 2002, 14:00 · from urth-v0211.mbox · original

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) urth inhumation and unwanted change
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:00:23 -0700
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A lot of discussion on whether or not inhumi were hinted at on Urth - keep =
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mind that they would be on Lune in a simplistic state at that time period,=20
with perhaps a few that had become humanoid due to Lune's settlers and the=20
closeness of the moon to Urth.  Juganu does seem to say that "We are=20
everywhere" when he is back on Urth (or was that Jahlee?).  I think Wolfe i=
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trying to pull a literary joke: let me hide the setting of my text, let me=20
hide the identity of the first narrator in a hus, and let me give enough=20
evidence that can be ALMOST explained away - I don't see why he would feel=20
compelled to give us a clear glimpse of inhumu on earth at all - HE DOESN'T=20
WANT TO PLAY FAIR IN SHORT SUN. (Even though I think he really does give us=20
just enough to figure it out and explain away the paradoxes).

Also, I got his final confirmation on whether or not Wolfe wanted the chang=
e=20
in Epiphany of the Long Sun where, instead of saying "and then I came into =
the=20
room", it says "and then Horn came into the room."
He says he didn't know about the change and he didn't like it.  Editors, ma=
n.
Marc Aramini

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