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

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/14/2011 3:02 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> > On 10/14/2011 12:53 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> > > *From:* Lee Berman <mailto:severiansola at hotmail.com>
> >
> > > > Some think the monarch who planned to destroy all human
> > > > books/knowledge was Typhon but I dunno.
> >
> > > Nothing Typhon does or says indicates that he would contemplate such
> > > an act.
>
> > No, but if you think about the character and his motivations and 
> mode of
> > operation, it fits.
> I disagree.  Typhon valued technology and knowledge.  He wanted to 
> rule a hi-tech interstellar empire, for which purposes an educated 
> citizenry (for example, Mamelta) is useful.  What makes you think he 
> wanted to destroy it?
Gerry, his people didn't even know how to speak out loud. Why would he 
want them to read?

An emperor wants to keep knowledge to himself and his servants.


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