Doing a re-read of TTT right now and the three questions I have off the top of my head so far (that haven't been mentioned yet):

1) What's up with the halos on Kellhus' hands? Other characters have seen them, so it's not something Kellhus is imagining

2) What did Kellhus do when he hypnotized Akka in TTT and "spoke with Seswatha"? How did he know he could do it? It mentions that Kellhus "stared at a point between [akka and Kellhus]" before realizing it was Seswatha that was stopping Akka from yielding the Gnosis.

3) What's up with this "Head on a pole" thing from TGO?

Regarding 1, the halos start already being seen by other characters in TWP, starting with Serwë. At that time I thought, illusion from someone who is not quite 100% mentally coherent. Yet later on, the halos are seen or glimpsed by others as well. I dunno...

I'm going to see if Scott will confirm the locations of the Nonman mansions and then hopefully Som can put them on the map

Also going to see if I can post the map of Golgotterath.

Perhaps wait till after the TUC release for that one...?

On another note (just at the Quorum), I am not sure what to make of Bakker's view on TWP and TTT versus TAE installments.

Lol - well, I very much liked it but it could have been much, much better. The co-host unfortunately almost tanked that session.

Quote from: Hiro on May 24, 2017, 11:56:09 am

A TSA cast with Bakker would be the ultimate.

It's on the list of Dream Dreams.

Quote from: H on May 24, 2017, 01:57:19 pm

Neat, I think that Bakker pretty well confirms some of our suspicions here that Inchoroi, and probably Nonmen, are allegories of post-humanism.

Lol - Lamb calls the Inchoroi "hedonists." Surely, he knows the Westerosi coals he's kicking...

Quote from: Hiro on May 24, 2017, 01:59:29 pm

On another note (just at the Quorum), I am not sure what to make of Bakker's view on TWP and TTT versus TAE installments.

Really?

Yes, really. I guess I should be more specific:

What exactly Bakker finds not to his liking (any more?) as compared to the TAE installments?

What did he not accomplish, that he feels he has been accomplishing in the writing of TAE?

I assume it is related to the pressure the deadlines exude on the writing and the ultimate result. In my opinion, PON, and TWP / TTT in particular, read as more cohesive, compulsive and satisfactory on the whole, as compared to TAE. TUC not included, of course.

While I appreciate TAE's ambitions, I find it (perhaps a reread will convince me otherwise) less successful as a narrative overall, compared to PON. I know Bakker has acknowledged some of these issues as arising from the differences in the character interactions in PON, which are missing (so far) in TAE. I asked the question to understand whether Bakker was again focusing on the narrative nuts and bolts in his podcast remark, or if it was a matter of the execution of said nuts and bolts. Or some combination of plan and execution.

The Heron Spear is found and wielded...

Yep, thanks, that was an interesting hour.

A TSA cast with Bakker would be the ultimate.

Hmm, I think TUC might end with the No-God walking. So many will die, a great many.

Well said - I was 200 pages into American Gods and just quit, wasn't my thing, quite boring with no mystery for me ( which is odd since I liked The Sandman comics so much ).

Funnily enough, the bits I liked best about American Gods were the quiet parts.