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On 11/1/2011 12:50 PM, Dave Tallman wrote:
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type="cite">larry miller wrote<br>
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<pre>Started reading Lake of Long Sun last night and Im totally confused
about the appearance of Patera Pike and Oreb in Silks room. I know
there was some mention of this last week in a few posts but I didnt
want to chime in until I read it. Thing is I still have no clue as to
what to make of it. Anyone out there have any idea what to make of
that sequence?</pre>
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<div> My conclusion a while back is that it wasn't actually Patera
Pike he saw, but his older self astral-traveling back in time,
and bringing Oreb along. The BOTSS novels show Silk using this
ability quite a bit.<br>
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I have a short article discussing that and other theories about
the apparition on the Wolfe Wiki:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=LakeOfTheLongSun.TheHolyGhost">http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=LakeOfTheLongSun.TheHolyGhost</a><br>
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My only discrepancy with the description of the "Silk
astra-projecting through time" theory is that it attempts to explain
away Silk's mis-identification of himself as Pike in that "he didn't
get a clear look at the face". <br>
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I don't personally find that to be compelling. The text doesn't
imply that Silk *thinks* it looked like Pike.<br>
If one asks, "Why did Silk mistake an older version of himself
(although probably slightly altered in astral-travel) for Patera
Pike?" all kinds additional plot elements suggest themselves.<br>
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Also, I think the problematic time-line in tBotSS suggests that
astral-travel always has a potential for time-travel.<br>
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J.<br>
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