(blue) Notes from a 2nd reading [SPOILERS]

Alex David Groce · 08 Nov 1999, 13:03 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce at gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: (blue) Notes from a 2nd reading [SPOILERS]
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 13:03:00
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>13. Who was in the trees calling for Babbie? "Someone on the shore called
>again for Babbie" [p.377] And who did Horn find in the forest? "I found him
>in the forest, sitting in the dark under the trees" [p.378]

Babbie, I think.

Hmmm...  This listing makes very clear just how much is hinted at but not
answered in OBW.  I think that, by comparison, SHADOW OF THE TORTURER left
a lot less openly hanging threads to tie together.  Most of the major=20
mysteries of NEW SUN were suddenly revealed, things we'd never have expecte=
d,
doors opened in the walls reshaping our reactions to everything--Vodalus the
Autarch's agent, etc.  If SHORT SUN follows the same path, then given the=20
level just of the mysteries we expect to be resolved, we're in for some sho=
cks.

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32
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Alex David Groce (agroce+ at cs.cmu.edu)
Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department
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