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(blue) Notes from a 2nd reading [SPOILERS]
Urash, Tom · 09 Nov 1999, 10:52
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From: "Urash, Tom" <turash at firstam.com> Subject: FW: (whorl) Re: (blue) Notes from a 2nd reading [SPOILERS] Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 10:52:01 Message-ID: <whorl-v0010-0160 at digest.urth.net> X-Urthmirror-Source: http://www.urth.net/whorl/archives/v0010/0160.shtml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BF2AD2.D89A7C48" This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2AD2.D89A7C48 Content-Type: text/plain > "Kieran Cleary" <kierannwn at tinet.ie> wrote: > > >7. Who or what did Horn see looking into the pit? "Once...it seemed to me > >that a man with a long nose (a tall man or an immense spider) stood over > >me....He touched my forehead with something?" [p. 203] Is this just an > >hallucinated Babbie? > I keep telling myself this isn't plausible - but, am I the only one getting a creepy feeling reading the above passage and remembering how Severian almost inevitably used the claw by holding it to the forehead? Horn's recuperation seems consistent with others "brought back" by Severian: the bewilderment, amnesia, etc. Tom Urash ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2AD2.D89A7C48 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>FW: (whorl) Re: (blue) Notes from a 2nd reading = [SPOILERS]</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">"Kieran Cleary" = <kierannwn at tinet.ie> wrote:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">>7. Who or what did Horn see = looking into the pit? "Once...it seemed to me</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">>that a man with a long nose (a = tall man or an immense spider) stood over</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">>me....He touched my forehead with = something?" [p. 203] Is this just an</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">>hallucinated Babbie?</FONT> </P> <P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Bookman Old = Style"> I keep telling myself this isn't plausible - = but, am I the only one getting a creepy feeling reading the above = passage and remembering how Severian almost inevitably used the claw by = holding it to the forehead? Horn's recuperation seems consistent with = others "brought back" by Severian: the bewilderment, amnesia, = etc.</FONT></B> </P> <BR> <P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Comic Sans MS">Tom = Urash</FONT><I></I><I> </I></B> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2AD2.D89A7C48-- *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun. *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.moonmilk.com/whorl/ *To leave the list, send "unsubscribe" to whorl-request at lists.best.com *If it's Wolfe but not Long Sun, please use the URTH list: urth at lists.best.com
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