First impressions of IGJ (slight spoilers)

Christopher Culver · 21 Jul 2000, 02:37 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "Christopher Culver" <new_sun at hotmail.com>
Subject: (whorl) First impressions of IGJ (slight spoilers)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:37:13 GMT
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Hi all,

Because this will contain some slight spoilers:

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1)Lots more information about who "Horn" (or, more accurately, the Rajan, o=
r=20
Incanto, or whoever this man is) really is. What strikes me as very odd,=20
however, is Wolfe's characteristic way of making his godlike (or simply=20
powerful) characters totally unself-conscious of their power. I'm reminded=20
of Severian who didn't really seem to care about his apotheosis, Silk, who=20
also didn't seem to take it as anything special, and now Horn. Why does it=20
not phase Horn that everybody he meets bows to him? Maybe it just got old=20
after he arrived in Gaon and now it is nothing remarkable.

2) Wolfe uses Italian now, interesting. I'm sure using an Italian dictionar=
y=20
on the character's names will yield some enlightening information.

3) Horn tends to sound in several places like Alden Dennis Weer. I wonder i=
f=20
this is just because people who have died tend to think like this in Wolfe'=
s=20
mind, or Wolfe is simply reusing a previous mode of narration.

4) Nessus's cameo was rather amusing, but I wonder how it will be fleshed=20
out in _Return to the Whorl_.

5) Horn still thinks of Pas as a god. Hopefully he'll rid himself of this=20
notion by the end of the series. Although, "god" has always had a rather=20
different meaning in the BotLS and BotSS.

Cheers,

Christopher CULVER <new_sun at hotmail.com>

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