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<DIV>>Another point that calls it into question for me is his attitude
towards the</DIV>
<DIV>>Neighbors in IGJ. If I recall correctly, there are a few passages
where</DIV>
<DIV>>he questions Incanto & Co. about local Neighbor ruins and/or local
legends</DIV>
<DIV>>about them. But his attitude was definitely groping for information.
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<DIV>>I know that's vague, and I don't have the book with me to check for
passages.</DIV>
<DIV>>But I just recall a general sense of Horn's still trying to learn about
the</DIV>
<DIV>>Neighbors, which would seem odd if he was one.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd have examine the text with that in mind, but
even if it were true, I can think of a couple of explanations. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One is that the Raja is acting as he knows Horn
would. If you've read The Fifth Head of Cerberus, you know that a truly perfect
imitation loses the extraordinary attributes that allowed him to be a perfect
mimic in the first place. VRT does not switch disguises and escape from jail
because Dr. Marsch could not. And the Raja does not use any knowledge Neighbory
knowledge (except at the very end) in order to help himself along. Krait
acts similarly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another explanation is that the Raja is a very
young Neighbor; that the blue glass dome where Horn found him was
a destroyed nursery. Considering the small trees there, that
seems reasonable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However it is, I'm grateful to David Stockhoff for
bringing the myth of Actaeon to my attention today. Before reading SS I had
already written an essay showing that the LS narrative overlaid the myth of
Aristaeus. If I had stopped to think that Wolfe might carry that story on into
the SS when I read it, I might been *looking* for Horn to be turned in to a stag
before I even read it. Or I might have missed it, which seems likely since
Wolfe has the story so cleverly twisted.</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>J.</FONT></DIV>
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