Exodus from the Long Sun

Jason Voegele · 04 Jan 2002, 13:46 · from whorl-v0013.mbox · original

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From: "Jason Voegele" <jason at jvoegele.com>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Exodus from the Long Sun
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:46:56 -0500 (EST)
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> Hi
> I'm reading my way through the Long Sun series for the first time, just
> finishing 'Exodus..'  and I have a brief query.  Towards the end of
> Chap.13 where Silk is dining with Potto, Loris et al, the narrative
> suddenly becomes first person -     "At that moment I burst into the
> room..."  This is obviously Horn, but this first person narration is
> not repeated.  Is this deliberate, an error or was the book originally
> written in the first person and altered before publication?

This is Wolfe's (intentional) ploy to clue us in that Horn is the narrator=20
of the book.  And yes, it has been discussed. ;)

>  I would
> guess that this subject has been discussed before but I'm not sure how
> to effectively search the archives. Also, I find it almost impossible
> to understand the remarks made by the catachrest.  Here's an example,
> "Add, add word! Laddie, done by scarred." Can anyone provide the key to
> understanding Tick?  Is it me being absolutely thick or is Wolfe being
> a little unfair here?

I had a lot of trouble understanding Tick as well, but I think the above=20
translates to "Bad, bad bird!  Lady, don't be scared."

Someone here went to the effort of translating many of Tick's phrases,=20
which you should be able to find in the archives somewhere.

Jason Voegele

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