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[Ryan Dunn]

I'm not sure how serious I was when I suggested Inire's name may be anagrammatic, but it's interesting for sure.

...ryan


On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:18 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

> I do think this is impressive, and I want to say this publicly.
> 
> .
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 3:29 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Plenty of reasons potentially. He's a wolf which would appeal to the
>>> author. Additionally, he's destined to be chained to rock until the end
>>> of
>>> the world. You don't think F. Inire likes his post do you? Stuck on a
>>> backward planet tweaking the pointless politics of the Autarchs.
>>> 
>>> 
>> That's a great insight.
>> 
>> Maybe this gives a triple meaning to the name--"Father" suggests the
>> politically involved churchmen of Byzantium; "inire" suggests an initiate
>> of
>> a Gnostic sect or Greek mystery cult, but at the root he is "Fenrir,"
>> sharing with Abaia et al. the name of an ancient monster that describes
>> his
>> function.  It's easy to hyperbolize when discussing Wolfe's writing, but
>> if
>> you've nailed his intent that's a really nice bit of writing.

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