(urth) interview questions

[António Pedro Marques]

Andrew Mason wrote:
>> Just really quickly, I think Wolfe does this in Long Sun, especially
>> with regards to Crane's lame physical cause to Silk's original
>> enlightenment, which seems like such a dumb idea until you realize he
>> could have been programmed for such an information hemorrhage.
>
> Marc, I should have brought this up earlier when you first raised this
> theory, but I have a couple of worries about it. I'm fine with the
> general idea - surely the Outsider works through natural as well as
> supernatural causes. But can it be squared with Wolfe's statement that
> Silk's enlightenment was purely miraculous?

Well, it's open to debate just what that means - I assume the enlightenment
itself may be considered miraculous in not having been the work of anyone
and giving Silk correct information that he could get nowhere else. That
doesn't mean it didn't manifest itself physically as an haemorrage. As to it
being preprogrammed, I find it a little hard to credit, but not incoherent.