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howdy, I just subscribed ... I've looked at the archives ... there seems to be some sort of lull ... (ahem) ... I've glimpsed the archives, but haven't really read them all ... and I do have some questions ... if these questions were answered, I'm duly sorry ... when Silk traces circles on his cheek ... what does that mean ... it was a habit he seemed to pick up suddenly in Calde ... is it just an "I'm thinking" idiosyncrasy ... could P. Pike's ghost be some sort of projection from his "stored" copy at MainFrame, activated by Kypris, or something like that? ... for what purpose ... beats me ... /\/\ Greg Neyman Greg.Neyman at gte.net ___/____\___ http://www.trailerpark.com/siesta/thehat/ |HE HA| *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

For my money, Pike's ghost is the ghost of Pike. I think he's hanging around for the traditional reason: unfinished business in this world. It seems to be connected with Mucor; his first appearance is just after Silk has seen Mucor, IIRC, and only Mucor sees him the second time. There's a connection between them, of course, which is in the archives but you may not have seen it yet. Or you may have found it yourself, of course. Peter. *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.