(urth) An Evil Guest

[Antonin Scriabin]

Sorry about the typos ... I am definitely typing too fast!

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Antonin Scriabin
<kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>wrote:

> Yes, there are references to time travel, though they are kind of subtle.
> Specifically, it is mentioned several times that when sending interplanetary
> electronic mail at fast enough speeds, a response to a letter can arrive
> before the original letter had been sent.  Thus, the reply to a latter went
> back in time to a point before the first letter was actually sent.  This
> causes problems, so there are restrictions on that sort of thing in the
> universe.
>
> Also, the Margaret as future-Cassie theory is not mine, I found out about
> it here:
>
> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=AnEvilGuest.MysteriousMargaret
>
> I believe there is also a reference to a "robin fighting its own
> reflection" or something to that effect, which reminds me of the double
> Hildegrins in The Book of the New Sun.  Time travel resulting in multiple
> versions of a character bouncing around different timelines are definitely
> nothing new for Wolfe!
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Daniel Petersen <
> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So glad to hear you liked it, Antonin!  I just finished it and found it
>> VERY interesting and exciting on certain levels (though baffling and
>> frustrating too - which is only to be expected, surely!).  I feel like most
>> of the reviews and comments I've run into so far seem more dubious and
>> negative than not.  I was utterly surprised to find that it more or less
>> ACTUALLY lived up to all the blurbs trying to succinctly describe it on the
>> book cover.
>>
>> I actually think it may end up being a helpful key or guide in certain
>> ways to reading the Solar Cycle - I feel like Wolfe more overtly showcased
>> some of his unique forms and methods of narrative in this book, and some of
>> his Solar Cycle themes also.
>>
>> Your theory about Margaret kind of blows my mind, but I'll have to see how
>> people are arriving at that hypothesis.  It would at least partly make sense
>> of why I found Margaret such an interesting minor character.  (I felt there
>> was some fairly self-conscious reference to her being - or at least being
>> like - a little 'gray' elf or sprite or fairy or some such creature.)  Is
>> there any direct reference to time travel in the novel?
>>
>> -DOJP
>>
>>
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