From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy@siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (whorl) To Adam: Christ in Eden
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 11:25:26 

> Nor, for that matter, does Silkhorn's behavior on Blue strike me as
> being particularly Christ-like, despite Hoof's description of him as
> frighteningly good. (The more I think about this description, the
> more it seems to me like cheating by Wolfe: an attempt to evoke by
> fiat a reaction that his portrayal of Silkhorn hasn't made us feel.)

Ummmm... I think, maybe, that Mr Wolfe does not _intend_ us to have 
the reaction to (Hoof'n'Hide's) Silk|Horn* that we had to Horn's Silk. 

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* Nice formulation, William!
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On the other hand, it's interesting how effective the Narr _is_ in
dealing with problems in Gaon, in Soldo/Blanko, and in Dorp, 
apparently by "assuming the virtue," acting to the best of his 
ability as he believed Silk would act. (I imagine a future 
generation of Bluvians wearing "WWSD?" buttons.) 

--Blattid


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