(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 56, Issue 37

[Jordon Flato]

And wait, why am I not remembering when Oreb died in LS?

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflato at gmail.com> wrote:

> James,
> In this reading of SS I've been looking for NeighberHorn clues, and just
> don't find anything at all that seems viable.  It's a nifty theory, but it
> just seems to be a huge stretch to me, and I've been trying to pay close
> attention.
>
> Have you gone back and reread it lately to look for more evidence?  I'd be
> interested to follow that.
>
>   On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM, John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> You mean waaaaaaay back in Nightside?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:37 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hmmm.  Besides Silkhorn's ruminations,
>>>>> I can't see any evidence at all that Oreb would not be Oreb.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> Oh, I agree--I think he's definitely still Oreb. [snip]
>>>> But I think his instinct, that Oreb is another bird perfectly
>>>> imitating Oreb, is still supposed to tell us something about
>>>> the movement of souls in the book and about SilkHorn's
>>>> understanding of himself--I think there's a bit in
>>>> OBW where SilkHorn says he isn't Silk but has done his
>>>> best to imitate him for his entire life.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, he's not the same Oreb because he's Scylla.
>>> No one else seems to wonder that Oreb was able to die and resurrect
>>> himself. It makes me believe that someone was possessing him at that time.
>>> But that's just me. But that would doubly make the Oreb of most of SS
>>> different from the Oreb of most of LS.
>>>
>>> FWIW I think the whole speech is pointing to the fact that the Neighbor
>>> has been imitating Horn who imitated Silk. The whole thing harkens back to
>>> VRT of "The Fifth Head of Cerberus".
>>>
>>> J.
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