(urth) Newbie - a theory and some questions.
Chris
rasputin_ at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 14 15:21:36 PST 2005
Abaia, Erebus & co. were described as aliens, if you believe the origin
story of where they came from. I am not 100% sure it is accurate to call
them "cacogens", because "cacogens" seems to have a more specific
connotation than simply any and all types of alien.
Alien or not, at Baldander's castle mention is also made of the life cycle
of his people/species/type (which is where the connection is made to
Abaia/Erebus/etc), which does distinguish them as non-human at the very
least.
I remember that there was a third, but I cannot remember its name.
>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>
>>This is a good example of the kind of thing you have to glerk from
>>
>>context in Wolfe - he gives you the pieces, but you have to assemble
>>the puzzle yourself.
>>
>>Erebus and Abaia are both huge alien(?) beings -- the sort of thing that
>>Baldanders may become in time - who play chess with humans as
>>pieces. Erebus lives at the South Pole, near the mountain of the same
>>name; Abaia lives under the sea. There is a third, if you can catch the
>>name.
>>
>>Welcome aboard.
>>
>>--Dan'l (Blattid)
>>
>>
>What makes you think Erebus/Abaia are aliens (cacogens)?
>Is it just because Baldanders seems to be like them, and non-human
>(which would explain why the cacogens take such trouble to teach him.)?
>
>That said,: There was a third!?!
>
>~Maru
>Looks like I'll be re-reading it; makes me glad I dropped the money and
>actually bought'em,
>as is not my wont.
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