(urth) Pike's Ghost

[Sergei SOLOVIEV]

Duke Rigoglio mentions having seen Pas/Typhon.

Sergei

Larry Miller wrote:
> Didnt all the sleepers have thier minds wiped before boarding the
> Whorl?  That would seem to solve the problem of recognition of Silk.
> Maybe the cloned bodies wouldnt be fully grown in time for Typhon to
> transfer into.  As far as being a "mind slave to a monstrous alien",
> this doesnt seem to be too far from what the gods of the Whorl do or
> what the Neighbor supposedly does to Horn in the pit.  What would make
> that type of possession any different?
>
> On 11/27/11, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
>   
>> From: Lee Berman
>>
>>     
>>>> larry miller: I think the more likely explanation regarding Silk as
>>>> clone
>>>> is that Silk is not a clone of Typhons original alien body but a clone
>>>> of
>>>> the blond haired man whose head is grafted onto Piaton.
>>>>         
>>> Agreed. (and it would solve some debates on the issue of "Silk=Pas?")
>>>       
>> Surely it’s evident that the blond-haired man *was* Typhon?
>>
>> If he were some sort of human mind-slave of a monstrous alien  (for which I
>> don’t believe there’s any textual evidence), and if cloning technology were
>> available, then the alien would surely make a bunch of clones and switch to
>> a new one if the old one wore out.  There would be no need for head
>> transplants.
>>
>> Typhon is human or close to human.
>>
>> Also, if the blond-haired man were the known face of Pas, the same problem
>> would occur with regard to Silk in that none of the Sleepers seem to
>> recognise him as a twin of the Monarch.
>>
>> - Gerry Quinn
>>
>>     
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