(urth) Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

[James Wynn]

>
> >James Wynn wrote:
> > I think you are right though, David, that Gerry's elaborate theories
> > designed with the primary purpose to keep out answers he didn't 
> think of
> > or derived from allusions he doesn't already know make it unfruitful 
> for
> > him to collaborate with those that view the stories differently.
> Gerry Quinn wrote:
> I don't see anything elaborate about the theory that Mucor is tracking 
> Silk -- in fact it's made pretty clear from subsequent events in the 
> text.
>

Gerry, Gerry, Gerry you know quite well that you have postulated 
theories regarding this far more elaborate than that.

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At 7:51am Gerry wrote:
 > > Or maybe Mucor found Silk by possessing a bird, then released it to
 > > appear in astral form while the bird flew away. What about Pike who
 > > comes along later? A ghost sent by the Outsider, perhaps, signalling
 > > that Silk (who was sent, or so he believes, to help Pike) is on the
 > > right track.
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 > > If you want a wacky theory that's less wacky than the above, consider
 > > that the technology to project ghosts is known to exist on the Whorl.
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Of course, the theory that "Pike's ghost" was generated by technology is 
the one line of inquiry that Wolfe has personally emphatically asserted 
is not the case.

> Your theory involves a 43 year old one-eyed time travelling Silk who 
> looks exactly like a 70+ year old Pike and wears his hat.  You don't 
> think that's elaborate?

I've presented a theory based on the existence of a "second" Oreb at 
Silk's residence that night and the evidence that Rajan can Time-travel. 
You have presented alternate explanations that even YOU won't own. This 
kabuki theater we play is getting boring.

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