Che's "Gender in TBOTLS" and "Questions"

Che Monro · 04 Mar 2003, 08:19 · from urth-v0303.mbox · original

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From: Che Monro <flirt at technologist.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) Che's "Gender in TBOTLS" and "Questions"
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:19:52 +1100
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At 05:44 PM 3/03/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Che challenges Crush's premature abandonment of his male Hyacinth theories:
>Che pushes harder:
>Che attempts to lure Crush out of his protective hollow:

*giggles and hides a smile behind her, um *ahem* his hand, Yes* You know=20
they don't call me The Flirt for nothing. ;)

>Wolfe was playing with a **lot** of subtext in the relationship between Si=
lk
>and Oreb. However, since, as you say, you are quite literally minded, I
>doubt there is much of interest about them that I can to offer you. Still,
>the story of the Eye of Horus at least is an interesting read even if you
>don't care that in Wolfe's retelling, Oreb is "the Eye."

Oh I must go and look this up. Was Horus the one who got torn up into=20
little bits or was that Pas? Or Osiris? The all seeing eye of Horus also=20
comes into Lois MacMaster Bujold's work as the symbol of ImpSec, the=20
security wing of the Barrayar Imperium. Coincidence? I think not!

It's quite plausible to assume that the Whorl is traversing near Barrayaran=20
space and they plant Oreb on board as a secret agent. Nobody will suspect=20
an innocent bird of being a spy who watches everything. This would make The=20
Outsider... Simon Illyan, the head of ImpSec. Does Bujold ever mention=20
spybirds? No, but someone else does. Was it Harry Harrison in The Stainless=20
Steal Rat?

But where is Miles in all of this, I hear you ask? I don't know, probably=20
lost down in all those tunnels that look alike along with everyone else.

Can anyone disprove this theory for me, please?

Anyhow, thanks for the information on Oreb, it's provided a whole new light=20
on the book for me. Um, that's a positive thing, I think. ;)

Che

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