From: matthew.malthouse@guardian.co.uk
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:12:41 +0000
Subject: RE: (urth) Summa contra Marcus




On 26/03/2002 18:06:56 Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

>Jerry Friedman wrote...

>> Or by assuming the Short Sun books aren't in the
>> Green Man's future any more than they're in Master
>> Ash's.
>
>I'm pretty sure that Wolfe has stated that Sev's bringing
>of the New Sun means that the Green Man's future is the
>one that will happen.

Anyone have something to confirm this?

It's interesting that the 'divergent futures' idea often posits an
infinite number of posibilies, sometimes of varying probability: Asimov's
psychohistory; Herbert's prescience,  etc etc.  Because of this perhaps a
reader might assume an 'anything possible' future.  But as far as I can
recall we are only shown 2 posibilities: Ashe's Ice and the Green Man's
fecund world.  The New Sun doesn't/does come.  A duality:  very Lupine.

Matthew



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