(urth) mysteries of the long sun

[Marc Aramini]

--- On Thu, 10/27/11, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>
> Subject: (urth) mysteries of the long sun
> To: urth at urth.net
> Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:51 PM
> 
> 
> >larry miller: Just finished reading Nightside the Long
> Sun.  I was 
> 
> >really hoping that more than things would stand out on
> this second 
> 
> >reading of the book.  I know Im missing something
> here and was wondering 
> 
> >if any of you guys can tell me if there is something
> along the lines of puzzles
> >or mysteries that I still might have overlooked. 
> Nightside seems
> >pretty straightforward compared to New/Short books and
> thought maybe I
> >just wasnt as attentive a reader as I should have
> been.  Just wanted
> <some things to look out for and think about before I
> dive into Lake.
> 
>  
> 
> "dive into Lake" heh! Good one. Of course this is from a
> guy who has 
> 
> hectored about Hector and found evidence jibing with
> jibers. My taste in
> 
> puns may be suspect.
> 
>  
> 
> I kind of agree with you larry. I think the story of
> Nightside is great. It
> 
> held the promise of a tale as engrossing as Severian's on
> first read. It
> 
> continues nicely in Lake but starts to tail off in Calde
> and sorta dies in
> 
> Exodus. Anyway, Nightside is mostly set-up. I think the
> best mysteries are
> 
> found in Lake though. All the stuff with Scylla and the
> bodies in storage
> 
> and stuff like that. And perhaps the best (worst?) Wolfe
> mystery of all 
> 
> (since I haven't seen a glimmer of a successful solution so
> far from anyone, 
> 
> anywhere) the mysterioius numbers on the Seal of Pas. Maybe
> larry can do it!    
>         
>          

Okay, I think these mysteries are from Nightside: the patch of skin on the roof, why the bird is called Hyrax, why Mint cares about Auk, why the statue of Catamitus is near Hyacinth in the brothel (just because of Musk or because of Hyacinthus man love? hmmm) Why Silk speculates that he has been split in two at the very end, Silk and nightside silk.  Is this just his attitude or is it symbolic talk?  I think Long Sun is actually harder to get to the bottom of than it first appears.  The catamite association with Hy is some disturbing stuff.  Unintentional or not?  HMMMM.