>When Horn accidentally uses his own name instead of his sons’ (pg. 129), >Wolfe is foreshadowing the switch that takes place later, when Horn >winds up in Silk’s body.
It's worth remembering that the entire Short Sun is written from the POV of Horn-inside/as-Silk. I really need to reread these keeping this in mind, since it changes a lot of how things are flavored, I think.
>On page 145, Horn describes the knife Sinew gave him, and writes: “I >have heard men speak of better blades, but I have never met with one.” >I’m pretty sure Severian said something similar about his sword, >Terminus Est, but I can’t find it.
Is it significant that Silk had a legendary weapon (um, whatever it's called -- the light saber)?
The azoth. It might be, except he doesn’t use it much, and gives it away halfway through the series. Still, he gets it as a gift (as Severian does his sword, as Horn does his knife).
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>Wolfe is foreshadowing the switch that takes place later, when Horn
>winds up in Silk’s body.
It's worth remembering that the entire Short Sun is written from the POV of Horn-inside/as-Silk. I really need to reread these keeping this in mind, since it changes a lot of how things are flavored, I think.
>On page 145, Horn describes the knife Sinew gave him, and writes: “I
>have heard men speak of better blades, but I have never met with one.”
>I’m pretty sure Severian said something similar about his sword,
>Terminus Est, but I can’t find it.
Is it significant that Silk had a legendary weapon (um, whatever it's called -- the light saber)?
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