(urth) Typhon and the Whorl

[Dan]

At 06:53 AM 12/21/2007, Roy C. Lackey wrote:

>I believe you meant Hierogrammates, not Hieros. The Hieros were the humans
>who cruelly fashioned the Hierogrammates in another universe that collapsed.
>The Hierogrammates were the only things that mankind had made that survived
>that universe. Tzadkiel was a Hierogrammate. Yesod is where they reside. It
>is outside the universe of Briah, which is where Urth is located.

Yes. Sorry I was being lazy and abbreviating. I meant those who had FTL 
capability.


Pedro wrote:


>The answer is right here in this list. Its one of the few interviews in 
>which memebers asked questions that Wolfe later answered:

Wow, maybe that's why I didn't remember it. He never does that! And now I 
see why...


>
><<<<From: m.driussi at genie.comSubject: (whorl) Train from WolfelandDate: 
>Sat, 14 Jun 97 21:15:00 GMT[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene 
>Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]
>
>3. "What was Typhon's purpose in lanunching the Whorl and was 
>theBlue/Green system the intended destination?"  Knowing Typhon as I do,he 
>probably had at least half a dozen purposes; but certainly one ofthe chief 
>must have been self-aggrandizement -- to return human kindto the stars 
>would be a very great thing indeed.  Yes, the Blue-Greensystem was the 
>intended destination.>>>>
>
>
>There it is, clear as water.

Simple, straightforward and not very satisfying.