SonOfWitz: Do not read this post, it contains spoilers<br><br><<The enlightenment of the outsider DOES wind up being a preprogrammed
message from Typhon and his mistress Mamelta (like Marlon Brando in
Superman), though Crane's interpretaion sounds lame at first.>><br><br>Is this a commonly accepted interpretation? I've only read through Long Sun twice, but I can't at all see how this is the case! It would certainly change a lot of how I think about that book. The Outsider seems to me to be the genuine article. Can you point me to some evidence of this?<br>
<br>Past that, I think the idea put forth that even the bad guys end up working for the increate is a sound one.<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Marc Aramini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marcaramini@yahoo.com">marcaramini@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I agree with Chris in his impressions of Wright - I feel like the ambiguity around the miraculous in Wolfe is necessary and important. Yet it can still be divine enlightenment even if it has a rational cause.<br>
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Shadows of the New Sun is a fabulous Wright creation because it is actually Wolfe speaking and writing rather than an author with a thesis he must force the text to support, (as we all tend to in graduate lit courses when push comes to shove.)<br>
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