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<br>> > The inhumi are usually referred to as reptilian, but I got the impression <br>> > from somewhere that they did<br>> >indeed evolve from plants. Wouldn't be surprised if the Neighbors did too.<br>> >It fits that they can survive when buried (thus, inhumi), and it fits the<br>> >discussion of plant hybridization.<br>> <br>> In some way that I haven't got my mind around, the Neighbors are trees on <br>> Blue and the Inhumi are vines. The story talks about the vines being the <br>> brides of the trees IIRC and the trees and vines being in endless war with <br>> each other. This fits with the faerie motif of the stories which Tolkien was <br>> also plugged into. It also works in a vague way with the Actaeon/Orpheus <br>> connection.<br>> <br>> If Rose can become a robot, if Chenille can be come an inhumi and then a <br>> woman on Urth, if the Calde's girlfriend can become computer interface and <br>> then a goddess of love and then sybil and then a general, if a Neighbor can <br>> become a stag and then Horn and then Silk, THEN if wouldn't surprise me if <br>> Wolfe has figured out a way for inhumi to become vines.<br>> <br>> However, I have presumed all the talk of plant hybridization relates to the <br>> Rajan after he is combined with Horn and Silk and whatever.<br>> <br>> J. <br><br>Chenille became an inhumi? Maybe it's been far too long since I read the books, but I don't recall that at all.<br><br /><hr />Internet Explorer 8 – Now Available. Faster, safer, easier. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/141323790/direct/01/' target='_new'>Download FREE now!</a></body>
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