(urth) Long Sun Laughs

[Son of Witz]

On Jan 21, 2009, at 7:23 AM, John Watkins wrote:

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> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org 
> > wrote:
> My biggest question throughout the whole book was the nature of  
> Quetzal. I find it interesting that the heads of this church are a  
> feathered serpent and an eel. I can't help but relate this to my  
> feelings (which I've expressed here before, and apologize in advance  
> to the faithful) that the Catholic Church has long been usurped by  
> vampires of sorts.  I'm sure I'm not alone in that feeling, and I  
> find it extremely provocative that a devout Catholic would set  
> things up that way. more testament to Wolfe's gutsiness.  I can't  
> help but feel that Quetzal was shepherding his flock to Green as  
> food. talk about a blood sacrifice.  I assume it was him who got  
> Teasel early on.
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> I dunno.  Had Quetzal ever seen the corpse of one of his own kind?   
> If so, he'd presumably know what would happen and pick the planet he  
> didn't want them to go to, right?

So, you're saying the Monitor decided, after seeing his corpse, to  
change course.  i thought that was vague, but yeah...
but did he know he was gonna die? I should read that again.