Archive, Q, Kieran Cleary="Lasrach"

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From: "Kieran Cleary" <kcleary at nwlabs.ie>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Archive, Q, Kieran Cleary="Lasrach"
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:38:42 +0000
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[Posted from Whorl, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

Alga,

I have been reading the archive volumes, and didn't spot any=20
reply to Xury's Urth=3DGreen posting, so I threw in my tuppence=20
worth's. However, I seem to be sending rash postings about topics=20
which have already been discussed. Forgive!=20

For what it's worth, on the "How does Q know?" issue, I've been=20
rereading Castle of Days, where I remember Wolfe pointing out the=20
distinction between Typhon and Typhaen (?), the latter being the son=20
of "Gaea and Tartarus", described as a serpent with wings.=20

vizcacha-

Perhaps I'm opening old wounds here again, but from what I remember=20
about Pike's invasion of the devils theory, he claimed that they were=20
resident in Mainframe, and that the Gods deleted them wherever they=20
were found. These sound more like rogue personalities within the=20
machine than the Inhumi.
---------------
"Kieran" may not be a Vironese name, but it would do for a Flier's.=20
Though with a literal translation of "little dark one", sounds like=20
I'd be a pal of fey-sounding Sumaire's! (which I think actually means=20
something like "eddy" rather than "sinkhole" in the Flier context. To=20
avoid confusion though, I'll go for another possible Flier name of=20
"Lasrach" on this list.

On Wolfe's opacity of writing, sometimes when trying to pursue his=20
intent I'm assailed by doubts on the existance of any meaning at high=20
levels of granularity. His plots are to this discussion as Apheta's=20
speech is to Severian's. Though that's more a comment on his=20
achievement, than anything else. I don't think I've read another=20
author better able to convey the relativity of truth than Wolfe.

Lasrach





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