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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=decanus1284@gmail.com
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That would seem to solve the problem of recognition of Silk, and don;t
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was done to them, but they seem to remember their time on Urth reasonably
well. Both Mamelta and Rigoglio have plenty to say about Typhon, and there
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<DIV>> Maybe the cloned bodies wouldnt be fully grown in time for Typhon
to<BR>> transfer into. </DIV>
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<DIV>If he read the Evil Overlord’s Handbook, he would have prepared them in
advance. But really, when he talks to Severian, it’s hard to believe we
are not intended to believe that the head is his own.</DIV>
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<DIV>> As far as being a "mind slave to a monstrous alien",<BR>> this
doesnt seem to be too far from what the gods of the Whorl do or<BR>> what the
Neighbor supposedly does to Horn in the pit. What would make<BR>> that
type of possession any different?</DIV>
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<DIV>Permanence? The gods’ possession of humans tends to be
short-lived. Humans are too small to hold them.</DIV>
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<DIV>As for Horn being possessed by a Neighbour in the pit, there’s not IMO the
slightest evidence for it. I could accept for the sake of argument that
Horn might have died in the pit and been reconstituted by the Neighbours, but
there’s then about two books of him being Horn with a bit of Silk, and the
Neighbours clearly regard him as a representative of the human race.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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