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On 11/21/2011 11:17 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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died, or when he saw Nettle? That is related <br>
> after Krait comes, so it could be after Krait comes. It
could be earlier <br>
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the “long-nosed man” touched something to his forehead.</div>
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normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">If he has already died and been
resurrected as a Neighbour, who is the long-nosed man and what
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This fellow is our Neighbor Narrator. <br>
I think the easiest version is to say that this is Horn's last
memories right after he has fallen into the pit...the last seconds
before his death.<br>
There are other possible other constructions, I'm sure.<br>
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What isn't very highly mysterious is whether Horn died in that pit.
Antonio is right, I think, why people have trouble getting there.
They don't like the implications. They have this way of viewing the
story and they prefer it to what is inexorably implied by Horn dying
in a stupid mishap a few days out of New Viron. This is the same
reason people have a problem with Pike's ghost being the Rajan. It
brings up all sorts of unexpected and (for some, unappealing)
implications about the narrative. As Alice K. Turner said regarding
whether the Rajan Time-travels (paraphrasing) "There is no time
travel in the Long Sun/Short Sun. It's not that kind of story."<br>
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Heck, Horn dies a few days after his adventure starts and (as I
suspect) Silk is already dead as he is beginning. If one really,
really liked the story without those elements, I can see why one
would have a problem with exchanging it for either of these. But
think of he alternate narrative: The main character falls in a pit,
his companions look over him and say "That boy's dead" and leave,
and then the fellow wakes and returns to his companions. His
companions say "But...but...you were dead!" He responds, "No I
wasn't". And so everyone just moves a long. NO ONE would write that
story (other than say a seven-year-old). Certainly not Wolfe.<br>
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