Oreb & Scylla

Alex David Groce · 19 Sep 2000, 14:32 · from whorl-v0011.mbox · original

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From: Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce at gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: (whorl) Oreb & Scylla
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:32:29
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Thanks to alga, I read "The Night Chough."

The Scylla element there is indisputable, but it hasn't convinced me
that the other suggested places in LONG/SHORT sun are instances of
Scylla possessing Oreb.  It seems to me that if those are meant to be
clues to that, then they are SO subtle that it's underhanded even for
Wolfe--it would almost require that you read this fairly obscure story
to get what would then, Robert seems to be suggesting, be a major plot
point of the series.

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