(urth) some mysterious stuff in Long Sun

[Lee Berman]

> I was thinking something related. If we
> agree that Silk's father ought to be someone named, the question
> arises who, other than Typhon, it could be - and a possibility that
> struck me was Lemur.

 
>James Wynn: If you haven't picked up on it already, I suspect it is not an either/or 
>choice.
 
Forgive me for being dense (and not fully following this thread) but are you saying
Lemur is, in some fashion, Typhon?
 
Might as well wonder at this point why Wolfe picks all pro-simian names for the 
Ayuntamiento. Pre- or early monkey/apes? How does this relate to monkey types
back on Urth?
 
 
>Adam Thornton: Note also that Tik-Tok is a sidekick in another series of novels Wolfe 
>enjoys very much.
 
Baum's Oz series, you mean?