From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan@gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Cim glowing
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 21:06:40 


[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other works]

Mantis writes:
>
>Hey, nice tie-in re: electicity and the weapon!
>
>How'bout Cim as "firefly"?  "Glowing?" Check!  "Star-like?"
>Check!  "Softer than thunder?"  Check!
>
>Random Latin: cimex (a bug).

Ya beat me to it, Mantis. After thinking more about snow, I settled on
lightning bug/firefly, and was planning to post.... And, if "cim" is bug,
then "cim glowing" is clearly firefly. 

I'll ride with this one until somebody gives a good reason to depart from it.

Nutricious