(urth) Travelin' Jahlee
thalassocrat at nym.hush.com
thalassocrat at nym.hush.com
Thu Aug 18 05:07:33 PDT 2005
Roy objcts:
>An objection I have is her presumed imprinting with Chenille's
>spirit. I
>don't think her mother(?) fed on Chenille on the _Whorl_.
I'm not wedded to Chenille as Jahlee's soul parent. In fact, J
seems much more umm regal (in her demon-whore kind of way) than
Chenille. She also doesn't seem to have any recognition of
Chenille. But who knows ...
Roy also said:
>Jahlee expressed similar sentiments on her death bed, a time when
>she had
>nothing to gain or lose by lying.
Sorry - don't understand this one???
>
>I keep thinking of Tennyson's "Ulysses". I won't presume to quote
>it, but I
>can see (or think I do) so much resonance with _Short Sun_. Recall
>it, or
>read it again is all I can ask. I first thought about it when you
>reminded
>me about the Neighbor looking toward "the western stars" when
>speaking of
>his new home. Maybe I'm just getting to be an old fool, but that's
>my
>answer. The poem also puts me in mind of Silk's return to the
>_Whorl_ at the
>end of RTTW.
I can see what you mean with this, but the ending of RTTW is to me
more triumphant & less elegaic than Ulysses. I take away an image
of Silkhorn sailing thru the galaxy spreading justice & good stuff,
not going to meet some heroic end.
Also: Silkhorn just isn't that old, surely. Mid/late forties? But
he's described as if he's some raddled ancient. I don't really
understand this. I mean, presumably he's never even had to sit thru
an all day strategy "brain-storming" session or go entertain
potential clients who don't speak English or do any of the stuff
which makes me feel raddled & ancient :)
The Neighbors, though, are definitely elegaic, and I don't hate the
idea of them dwelling in some Neighborish Elysium beyond the world.
It's just not my preferred view of what's going on.
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