(urth) Typhon's Confidence (plus some other questions)

[António Pedro Marques]

No dia 29/01/2014, às 21:59, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> escreveu:

> There are a lot of biblical parallels (usually name references like Dorcas/tabitha) in Wolfe but that scene is probably the most direct riff he has ever done, offer for offer by Satan to Jesus.  

And made at the top of a mountain looking at the world!

> It is memorable but also unusually heavy handed for Wolfe- almost ironically so, I think, when we consider how many people Severian actually saves.  It's also why having Silk be Typhon's heir (biological or otherwise) is so interesting.  
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> On Jan 28, 2014, at 5:56 PM, Darrell Burgan <darrell.burgan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I find Typhon to be a fascinating character, but to be honest I feel he does not get enough narrative attention. He's obviously a key figure in the Short Sun series, but to me he seemed almost an afterthought in New Sun. I would really welcome some additional literature from Wolfe exploring Typhon's world.
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>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
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>> I don't think Typhon is portrayed as quite a god here, but as a sort of powerful 'force of nature' - a super villain, you might say, who can be brought to heel only by the super-powered Severian.
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