Vampires, Artistic license

Doug Eigsti · 17 Jan 1997, 09:40 · from whorl-v0001.mbox · original

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From: douge at nti.com (Doug Eigsti)
Subject: (whorl) Vampires, Artistic license
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 09:40:09
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[Posted from Whorl, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

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> [Posted from Whorl, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Su=
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> > From: douge at nti.com (Doug Eigsti)
> > 	Yes you remember correctly. The passage mentioning Teasel's
> > affliction is in NIGHTSIDE pages 219 & 233. Silk observes that she
> looks
> > pale and has two puncture marks on her neck, which he misinterprets as
> Owl
> > bites.
Dave,

	More on Teasel: LAKE page 62.5 Silk mentions about her bite by=20
some sort of bat, according to Dr.Crane, "but she herself said it was an=20
old man with wings". Shades of Bella Lugosi.




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> I started rereading "Exodus.." last night, and started with the Dramatis
> Personae.  Sure enough, Teasel's entry says she was attacked by an
> inhumi.  In fact, she's not the only one listed as such there.  I'll
> leave the other as an exercise.  This (for me at least) puts a slightly
> altered spin on Quetzal.
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> On the subject of taluses, there is also a remark early in "Exodus,"
> when Silk first suggests a visit to the factory (to repair Marble's
> hand), that confirms that taluses are a lower order of being, not truly
> as sophisticated as a true chem.
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> As I reread, I'm also noticing places where Horn's state of mind or
> opinions are expressed in "omniscient narrator" form, and this is before
> the "I" moment.  This is rare (possibly even non-existent) for the other
> characters, unless the narration is from their POV.
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>      Dave Lebling
>      (david_lebling at avid.com)

	Consider this; if Horn is the author of THE BOOK OF SILK how much=20
of what we are reading is fiction, to Horn. Horn was not present for many=20
of the events in the story. Did he get his information from Silk=20
directly, or did he embellish the story to gain reader acceptance? Like=20
many a biography today much of the text may be pure speculation by Horn=20
trying to reconstruct the events. Shakespeare can be used as an example of=20
this artistic license taken by the biographer.

=3DDoug Eigsti=3D

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