(urth) [BGSpam]Re: Typhon's nature

[Gerry Quinn]

From: larry miller 

> Does anyone think this telepathic-internet might be connected with
> Cyriacas story?
Interesting idea.  My instinct is that Cyriaca’s story relates to a much earlier time, and she makes no mention of Typhon but refers instead to a machine-dominated society.  But it’s not inconceivable.  
One other  reason for doubting it is that it seems improbable that Wolfe had thought of Mamelta when he wrote Cyriaca.
- Gerry Quinn


> On 10/14/11, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
> > We also learn that the inhabitants of Typhon’s Urth (or maybe just certain
> > classes or occupations) were wired into some kind of always-on telepathic
> > internet. They did not need to use normal speech to communicate, and the
> > system was also used for control: the family of the Monarch danced or
> > stalked through their dreams.  When they were placed in the Whorl, brain
> > operations were needed to remove the apparatus (whether that consisted of
> > modified brain tissue or electronics we are not told) associated with this
> > internet, and to reduce their mental dependence on the rulers.  The latter
> > was not possible to completely achieve  - and thus came about the eventual
> > political/religious structure of the Whorl - but the surgeons did “as much
> > as they dared”.  Brain centres associated with speech processing may have
> > also needed to be revamped, or it may be that the ability to speak “to move
> > my lips and my tongue... while I make this noise in my throat” was present
> > anyway, though unused.
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