(urth) FW: May 2014 Wolfe interview in _Technology Review_

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It's been a long time since I've read the book, but I don't recall thinking of the Shadow Children as human at all. I'm not saying that I rejected the idea of their being human, I'm saying that when I read the book it didn't register on me that they were or might be human. Was their description pictorial? Why are they assumed to be human?

No dia 05/08/2014, às 18:14, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> escreveu:

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> On 05/08/2014 17:59, Marc Aramini wrote:
>> they say the white creatures they chew and spit out are their "brides." - seems like an organism to me. As I said, the associations are symbolic rather than literal, so proving it is quite unlikely.  Sandwalker and Eastwind ARE switched by a bite.  Marsch is switched with a bite, too.  But you don't buy it, that's fine.
> 
> That's the plant.  It's white and without comfort because the drug is used up.  Then they wait until sufficient time has passed for safety, and take more of the plant.
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> Why do you say Marsch is switched, rather than replaced?  The new Marsch says "I needed to make my voice like his and look older". And the old Marsch was bitten by the cat, not by Victor...
> 
> - Gerry Quinn
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