(urth) mysteries of the long sun?

[Antonin Scriabin]

His injury by the vulture is also one of the reasons he is able to become
close with Crane; his hurt ankle serves as a pretext for Crane to give him
the wrapping, etc.  So the vulture serves an importance narrative purpose as
well.  Also, Wolfe seems to have a thing with lame protagonists.  Weer,
Severian, Silk ... not sure why that is.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:49 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/28/2011 12:43 PM, larry miller wrote:
>
>> yeah I was wondering about the woman too.  Surely most of the visions
>> presented to Silk have connections with events in the book (Silk
>> seeing lights beneath his feet is him seeing the stars out the window
>> of the Whorl for example) so just who was the woman?  Any thoughts?
>> Also the patch of skin found on the roof, any thoughts on this?
>>
>
> IIRC, It was a rabbit killed by the gyrevulture. When Silk picked it up, he
> was attacked. Musk what coursing his hawk with rabbits earlier or maybe
> later in the story. Now, you'll ask, why did Wolfe put a gyrevulture at the
> top of Blood's roof? What narrative value did it offer? It breaks up the
> narrative and provides some action. Also, I think it had a role in a
> thematic reference that Wolfe was weaving into the story.
>
> J.
>
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