Digest whorl.v007.n004

David Langford · 13 Jul 1997, 15:16 · from whorl-v0007.mbox · original

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From: ansible at cix.compulink.co.uk (David Langford)
Subject: (whorl) Re: Digest whorl.v007.n004
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 97 15:16 BST-1
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[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

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Alice Turner:

> But...Pike's ghost? Aaaargh! He never answered the artful codicil...who=20
> or what is it?
> This is a true mystery.

Part of my own tooth-gnashing over this resulted from the fact that the=20
ghost or "ghost" might just still be one of the inhumi. Wolfe has merely=20
told us that it wasn't Quetzal! (And, earlier on, confirmed that Quetzal=20
wasn't the only one aboard the Whorl.) Ah, the blinding light of=20
hindsight.

The answer that gave me most relief was the bit about the =3Daccidental=3D=20
Mint/Marble mixup. That one was hurting my brain.

Mantis:

> Now I know you didn't mean to suggest that there was a "dumb
> question" on the list, but I'm going to defend it as if you actually
> said it.

Thanks for putting it like that. I'm conscious of having privately=20
formulated many, many dumb questions about BotNS and BotLS....

Dave

David Langford
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