(urth) An Evil Guest - Big Questions, Major SPOILERS

[Matthew Keeley]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Bruce Hayles <brucehayles at gmail.com>wrote:

> Perhaps owing to lousy reading, I am left with a lot of fundamental
> questions that no one else has brought up.
>

Alternatively, you're asking Big Questions while we go after smaller
things...


>
>
>  Or is Reis's death completely independent of Gideon, but he's already
> found the information he needs? If he is behind it, how could he have
> foreseen the storm and Kanoa's takeover?
>

Re: takeover: The islanders apparently worshipped Hanga, but at the end
Kandy suggests they actually worship the Squid God (I like how Wolfe avoids
the C-word throughout the book). Perhaps the Squid God ate Hanga the way
Hanga ate the king's "gaffer?" Would that make the "natives" change their
allegiance?

Also - those bat again... Cassie mentions Batman when she describes them to
Sharon, but says they were more "manbats." There's actually a Batman
character named Man-Bat, a scientist who transforms into a bat-creature
after ingesting the wrong chemicals... I'm going to assume Wolfe doesn't
know this and this isn't a hint, as Wolfe doesn't seem the type to be up on
Bat-trivia...

Man-Bat link: "On Leather Wings" from the Batman Animated Series:
http://video.aol.com/video/on-leather-wings/1727987

Speaking of Batman, I'm mildly surprised we never had a discussion of The
Dark Knight here. Fantastic film I thought.

-Matt
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