Digest whorl.v009.n006Whorl

Of course Neil (or someone like him) does appear in TBotNS in one of Rudesind's paintings. :-) Kieran Mullen *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Kieran Mullen wrote: :>From: Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com> : :>It still worries me that French and Latin are mentioned by name, though. :>If Wolfe mentioned a historical person by name (say, Neil Armstrong), it :>would be hard to argue that he really meant someone else, analogous to :>our Neil Armstrong. : : Of course Neil (or someone like him) does appear in TBotNS in :one of Rudesind's paintings. :-) Clearly another allusion to the Trinity, with Neil representing Christ, Ultan as the Father, and Rudesind as the Holy Spirit. Surprised no one else caught this.