Missing pieces (was: Quadrifons) (Spoilers)

William Ansley · 14 Feb 2001, 23:09 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: William Ansley <wansley at warwick.net>
Subject: (whorl) Missing pieces (was: Quadrifons) (Spoilers)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:09:05
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At 11:37 PM +0000 2/14/01, Christopher Culver wrote:
>Reading again Horn's Eucharist scene at the Neighbor's altar in IGJ,=20
>which I believe is one of the most moving things Wolfe has ever=20
>written, I was suprised to see him mention that he "sacrificed for=20
>Olivine." I think it will be interesting to go back through the=20
>first two books and put together all the pieces now that we have=20
>RttW.

Well, when you put all the pieces together, I'd really appreciate you=20
telling us all about it. I personally don't believe Wolfe has given=20
us all the pieces or anything like it.

In fact, he has left *so many* loose ends, especially with regard to=20
Scylla (Is she going to possess Oreb again? Why did Marble say "Oh,=20
Scylla!" when she could see again and why is Silk so concerned about=20
it?) that I can only assume he is seriously considering writing=20
*another* series of books about the Whorl and its five year journey=20
to discover new life and new civilizations...

Now, I am sure that this, if true, would be good news to some, but I=20
am really not sure if I am going to bother with Wolfe's next novel if=20
it is part one of _The New Book of the Long Sun_ (Egad! That sounds=20
like a title Wolfe might actually use. It will be followed by _The=20
Long Book of the Short Sun_, _The Short Book of the New Sun_, ...)

Here's another missing piece: What the heck are Mora and Fava doing=20
possessing anyone? I don't even remember, did both of them die in=20
IGJ? Is this possession supposed to have something to do with the=20
fact that they are another human/inhumi pair?

I feel pretty sorry for Mucor. Not only was she genetically=20
engineered as an embryo, stolen and sold, brought up by someone who=20
didn't love her but just wanted to make use of her special powers,=20
given brain surgery on to make her more tractable and then starved=20
and imprisoned and used as a brood mare to incubate lynxes (and other=20
animals?) but her special powers aren't even special any more. Mora=20
and Fava can possess people and Horn/Silk and any inhumi can astrally=20
project themselves and anyone else who happens to be nearby.

Hey, here's a theory: Mucor did it! Did what? Made Silk murder=20
Hyacinth, bust up his home and injure himself, not necessarily in=20
that order. After all, what *was* she doing for all that time when=20
Horn was waiting for her to return when he was out on the island with=20
Marble and Mucor? But these events wouldn't happen for months you=20
protest? Well, she figured out how to project herself astrally=20
through time as well as space.

Well, I thinks it's as likely as Robert Borski's theory. 8->

William Ansley

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