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The answer is right here in this list. Its one of the few interviews in which memebers asked questions that Wolfe later answered: <BR>
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<<<<From: m.driussi@genie.com<BR>Subject: (whorl) Train from Wolfeland<BR>Date: Sat, 14 Jun 97 21:15:00 GMT<BR><BR><BR>[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]<BR><BR>
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3. "What was Typhon's purpose in lanunching the Whorl and was the<BR>Blue/Green system the intended destination?" Knowing Typhon as I do,<BR>he probably had at least half a dozen purposes; but certainly one of<BR>the chief must have been self-aggrandizement -- to return human kind<BR>to the stars would be a very great thing indeed. Yes, the Blue-Green<BR>system was the intended destination.>>>><BR>
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There it is, clear as water.<BR>
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Pedro<BR>
<BR><BR><BR><BR>> <BR>> >Pedro Pereira wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> >As for the reason for constructing the Whorl, the major reason is that <BR>> >Wolfe wanted to write a story about a generation starship. The second is <BR>> >that Typhon wanted Immortality, he wanted to be Remembered. He was a <BR>> >megalomaniac. He wanted to be worshiped for Eternity. So he built the <BR>> >Whorl. Wolfe states so as the main reason in one of his interviews. Whith <BR>> >the whorl he installs a new colony in which people adore him as a god. As <BR>> >his empire grows, so does his cult. His name will not be a distant thing <BR>> >of no importance to people on the fringes of a nominal-only empire. People <BR>> >will actively worship him even if he never pays a visit in 100 years.<BR>> <BR>> I'd certainly like to read that interview as it directly refutes one of my <BR>> views on the issue.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Dan <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Urth Mailing List<BR>> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR><BR><br /><hr />Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/' target='_new'>MSN Messenger</a></body>
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