(urth) H'mmm

[Larry Miller]

I have said this before on this list but I believe that it was one of
Severians time traveling "slivers" that resurrects Horns physical body
(inhabited by the Neighbor).  His later appearance as the man with the
birdlike gait would make sense if Severian were watching his progress
or surveying the result of his actions.

On 11/17/11, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- On Thu, 11/17/11, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From>
>> The trees feed on human corpses and (in some ineffable way)
>> spit out Neighbors and other animals. The lianas feed on
>> Neighbors and in the same way sit out inhumi.
>>
>> However, something occurs to me...if Horn is devoured by a
>> tree in the same way humanity was, why was he resurrected
>> after the Neighbor-Horn was created? You don't say
>> this happened to the rest of humanity was, do you?
>>
>>
>
> Horn, for some reason, is a very special case.  I am pretty sure that
> normally that devouring was supposed to be fatal, but "something else" saved
> Horn there.  that is something I need to look into for sure.
>
> So yeah, I think the old school people on Green got eaten, without the
> resurrection that the spider fellow somehow granted to Horn, but I am
> definitely NOT firm in that assertion.
>
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