(urth) Pike's ghost

Gerry Quinn gerry at bindweed.com
Tue Nov 29 10:04:02 PST 2011



From: David Stockhoff 
> On 11/29/2011 12:14 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> > *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> > > On 11/29/2011 11:30 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:

> > > > I guess that Silk’s head would replace Piaton’s, then. But I still
> > > > think that his intended position will not be the equivalent of
> > > > Piaton’s. The two-headed aspect of the god Pas has become real.
>
> > > And ... drum roll ... WHY do you think that? WHY do you guess that? WHY?

> > Lots of reasons. Presumably Kypris doesn’t show Silk his own head 
> > gasping. And I don;t think she’s trying to trick him either. Also, in 
> > RttW he seems to play a role in Pas/Silk that is greater than Piaton’s 
> > role in Typhon/Piaton. And it fits with the concept of the evolution 
> > of our idea of god which Wolfe seems to imply in the text.

> Thanks for reminding me why I decided to stop talking to you.
Your response puzzles me.  Perhaps the “drum roll” interjection is intended to represent some sort of victory screech, but I cannot see in what argument you are victorious or even guess in what argument you think you are.
- Gerry Quinn
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