(urth) Typhon's nature

[larry miller]

I think the Megatherians were on Urth during Typhons reign.  They had
to be there previous to the Whorls launch because Scylla knew of them.

On 10/11/11, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 10/10/2011 11:12 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> On 10/10/2011 12:59 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>>> On 10/10/2011 1:29 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>>> The talking machines could intercept intelligence from the Asciians'
>>>> transmissions and preserve it for their master's review. Jonas, for
>>>> example, is a machine that knows about the great beasts without being
>>>> currently at the south pole or under the sea. He probably lost his
>>>> antennas for far communication, though.
>>> It's possible. It's just a lot to expect the reader to guess. And
>>> Typhon, by his own account, is not one to speak indirectly.
>>
>> But neither is he given to elaborate for the benefit of others.
>>
>> It's not so much to guess; Mt Typhon itself is such an outpost and
>> Typhon is master of its numerous machines by word.  Since he allows
>> Severian to transcend distance and "see" distant parts of the Urth as
>> if present above them, it's not such a stretch to think that he can do
>> that for himself and more besides when he's not busy putting on a show
>> to secure his hold on the unsuspecting Conciliator.
> OK, but how does it explain talking to the monsters in the abyss, who
> were not there before he slept, as he stated he did? Why make this
> complicated?
>>
>> On 10/10/2011 4:56 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> > Unless there is scanning of the older clone and uploading into the
>> younger.
>> >
>> > If Typhon has superpowers that are genetic in origin, he'd lose them if
>> > he transferred to another brain, unless that brain also has that
>> > genetically-derived infrastructure. Might this explain his
>> reluctance to
>> > lose his "face"?
>>
>> The nature of his mental powers might include the ability to impress
>> his brain's pattern upon another.  He does this a bit, when Sev feels
>> his mind gripped by a vise when Typhon tries to make him submit to an
>> oath.
> Definitely. Typhon can't read Sev's thoughts but he can do other things.
>
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