Ushas and Typhon

James Jordan · 08 Jan 2002, 21:44 · from whorl-v0013.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at home.com>
Subject: Ushas and Typhon
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 15:44:07 -0600
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At 12:17 PM 1/8/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>On 08/01/2002 03:54:43 maa32 wrote:
>
> > The biggest problem is the doubling of limbs,
> >that Andy so cogently brings up.  That bugs me, too.
>
>Methinks a chat with Richard of Occam would be good for you.  :-)
>
>Matthew

I tend to think so also. Of course, Marc is digging up some interesting=20
things along the way, but the overall hypothesis seems very tenuous when=20
their are easier explanations. One thing that the Blue=3DUshas hypothesis h=
as=20
to account for is why there are no humans on Blue/Ushas. If Neighbors are=20
SuperTrees (shades of Tolkein!), or Dryads, then they aren't Green Men. If=20
we've moved a million years into the future, then the chronology is=20
problematic. In other words, the conventional Whorl-list explanation does=20
account for the data, without introducing a whole new range of problems for=20
which there seems no hint of a solution.
         And after all, worlds suitable for human habitation are going to=20
look either blue or green. They aren't going to look orange or purple.=20
Thus, whether or not Wolfe wanted to create a parallel, or suggest an=20
identity, between Ushas/Blue and Lune/Green, he did not have a lot of=20
choice about what colors to use.
         Peacock's notion that the Whorl is an Ark, built because Typhon=20
knew the Flood was coming, is an interesting hypothesis. I don't think=20
Typhon had been enlightened, however; he certainly does not seem to be=20
anyone who would be receptive to the Outsider's oracle, whoever that might=20
have been. Typhon might just as well have built his Ark to preserve himself=20
and the world somewhere else, because he believed that the red sun was=20
going out, and had no faith in any New Sun.
         But let the hypotheses continue!

Nutria

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