IGJ: altar scene

Adam Stephanides · 10 Aug 2000, 17:56 · from whorl-v0011.mbox · original

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From: Adam Stephanides <adamsteph at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) IGJ: altar scene
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:56:29
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Urash, Tom wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Stephanides [mailto:adamsteph at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 1:18 AM
> To: whorl at lists.best.com
> Subject: (whorl) IGJ: altar scene
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> I was reviewing the altar scene, and I just noticed the following
> sentence, where Horn is narrating the manifestation of the Outsider: "I
> knew that he was there, that if I turned, I would see them." (285)
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> Is that "them" a typo?  If not, what does it mean?
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> --Adam
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> The triple god? Father, son & holy ghost?

Perhaps, but I don't recall anywhere else where Horn indicates a belief
in the Outsider's multiple nature.  And even if he did, the unexplained
shift from singular to plural in the same sentence would still be very
odd if both referred to the Outsider.

--Adam

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