Digest whorl.v005.n013Whorl

mantis- Thanks for warm greeting and second op. Here are two questions, one specific, but a bit sneaky since it tries to get 3 bits of info for the price of one, the second fairly profound. Take your pick. 1) Does the woman's scarf found in Mattak's room in Oosik's house belong to Hyacinth? (Of course he could just say "no" and leave me profoundly frustrated as to homeowning identity.) 2) Is the Outsider a form of Severian (leaving open the possibility that he includes others [as, indeed, does Severian])? -alga-

Question for Mr. Wolfe: It's pretty broadly indicated that Silk was gestated from a frozen embroyo as Mucor was. This has some nice symbolic effects ("virgin birth", the hero as having unusual origins, etc.). Does Silk have any human engineered, extraordinary abilities? (Possible Lupine hint: he knew Hyacinth's name before she was introduced, and felt that they had made a non-physical contact.) Please pass along my compliments to Mr. Wolfe as one of the most creative, skilled, and theologically fascinating writers I've ever read. Thanks, Kieran Mullen Kieran Mullen email: kieran at mail.nhn.ou.edu Dept. of Physics and Astronomy phone: (405) 325-3961 The University of Oklahoma FAX: (405) 325-7557 Norman, OK 73019, USA http://www.nhn.uoknor.edu/~kieran/