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TGO ARC Discussion / Re: Crowdsourcing Errors/Corrections
« on: June 17, 2016, 12:32:39 am »
Here are my corrections so far.  May have a couple of duplicates with prior posters.  Only have about 50 more pages to go...

p.53  “what most irks you most” -  2nd paragraph from top - to
p.60  “…soul when she leapt (slept).” – Last paragraph
p.74  “…he glimpse(d) white wings…” – Paragraph beginning with “A Silence…”
p. 83  “…as much as too (to) his feet,…” -  Paragraph beginning with “Yes,” the man replied…”
P. 114  “…a kind (of) black moss…” – 1st paragraph
p. 172  “(The) Padirajah finally whirled…” – 3rd line from top
p. 221  “Mimara…he says as if she (he) were her tutor…” – 3rd line from top
p. 221  “…rudiments of sowing (sewing)…” – Last paragraph
p. 235  “…none of these are here (her) own…” – 7th line from top
p. 322  “…tell me if you were you to find your father’s shade…”  - Paragraph beginning with “Tell me manling…”
p. 329  “…the realization the (that) she had failed…” – 9th line up from bottom
p. 330 “…and saw one (of) the Tall…” – Middle of page
p.  352  “…surged as one glittering sheet toward their their foe…” – 3rd line from bottom
p. 386 “…and the monitor happened upon a wane (wan) flare of solace…” - 9th line from top
p. 389 “…a great contest was about to (be) waged.” – 4th line from bottom
P 407  “…and he yet he…” – 2nd paragraph
p. 431 “…as surely as it did on the Malowebi’s own…” – 3rd paragraph

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TGO ARC Discussion / Re: Ishterebinth
« on: June 15, 2016, 06:35:35 pm »
I can understand the other viewpoint but I don't think there is much textual evidence to back it up.  I believe the reference to "dread portion" is referring to the Dunyain's ability to manipulate through word and intellect.  Even without sorcery Kellhus was able to bend the holy war to his own ends.   That, to me, is a clear demonstration of the Dunyain's dread portion.

If I had to guess I would say that Serwa will overwhelm the gathered Nonmen when they hear this beaten and bound, yet still strikingly beautiful, women sing ancient laments about their lost wives and children in a voice that strikes emotional chords deep within them and clearly recalls the gut-wrenching tragedy of the womb-plague.  The emotional trauma that her song will deliver will provide enough clarity for the remaining Nonmen of Ishterebinth to rally together against the Vile. 

Just my $.02.  I can't wait until the next book when I'm proven right!  ;)  Or not...That's why these discussions are fun!           

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TGO ARC Discussion / Re: Ishterebinth
« on: June 15, 2016, 12:03:58 am »
p. 320 ARC...

Lord Harapior:  "But then I know you are Dunyain...I know that every blunted edge you bare conceals a poison pin." 

"I was a fool for thinking that knowledge would make me your master...So now I'm suspicious beyond all reason.  I obsess, wondering where I might find the poison pin.  And I ask, What will my King do when he at last lays eyes on you?  What would any soul do when presented a famed songbird as a gift?"  He sneered.

"Of course, he would bid it sing."  He seized her head , jammed the silken sack deep into her mouth and throat.  She gagged and convulsed as someone human might.  His eyes gleamed for satisfaction.

"No voice," he said "No poison pin."

p. 329 The ARC

Serwa:  And it descended as lightning, the realization that she had failed.  Harapior had guessed her gambit.  Very soon, they would become the plaything of some decrepit and inhuman will , something to sin against and so purchase some brief term of sanity.

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TGO ARC Discussion / Re: Ishterebinth
« on: June 14, 2016, 08:12:59 pm »
I am firmly in the camp that Serwa's singing at the end is purely mundane.  Much is made of the spiritual, religious value of song to the Nonmen in one of the chapters.  She'll perform some Tragic ballad which will Dunyain-whelm all the Cunoroi.

Bingo!  We have a winner!

I'm nearly through my second re-read and I'm going through the Ishterebinth Chapters with a fine tooth comb.  I'm with H/P on this one and nearly 100% sure as well.  Bakker almost makes it explicit in the text.  I'll post the exact quote tonight when I have a chance but there are two parts that lead me to this conclusion. 

The first is when Harapior is taking Serwa to see the King.  I'm paraphrasing but he says that he knows she is Dunyain and thus everything she does is a trap.  He says that all her actions always conceal a "poison pin".  He then says that he has been consumed with thoughts of how she is manipulating them and, rhetorically, asks what would a King do when presented with the gift of a famous "songbird"?  His answer is "bid her to sing".  He then shoves the gag into mouth and says something to the effect that her poison pin has been avoided. 

The next part is when Serwa is strapped to the grating in front of the King.  We get a few brief sentences of her internal thoughts and feelings and the text states that this was the first time she had ever experienced genuine fear.  The text notes that she feels fear and shame for her failure and she also specifically thinks that "Harapior had guessed her plan".

If a mere sob from a gagged Serwa was enough to silence the audience chamber imagine the effect that her mundane songs will have on the gathered ghouls once her gag has been removed!     

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TGO ARC Discussion / Re: Crowdsourcing Errors/Corrections
« on: June 14, 2016, 07:52:30 pm »
Have a bunch of typos, wordos etc...  Nearing completion of my second read through will have correction posted by Thursday.  Hope that works.

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TGO ARC Discussion / Re: Crowdsourcing Errors/Corrections
« on: June 08, 2016, 07:58:03 pm »
On it.

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General Misc. / Re: The Great Ordeal ARCs
« on: May 25, 2016, 01:27:04 am »
Yup.

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General Misc. / Re: [TV Spoilers] Game of Thrones (S6)
« on: May 25, 2016, 01:20:50 am »
Well, there goes free will out the window!

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General Misc. / Re: The Great Ordeal ARCs
« on: May 20, 2016, 10:45:17 am »
Yeah, that's me with the bid.  After reading those excerpts I've decided I can't wait until July. 

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Wilshire,

Did you ever finish this?  I'm still waiting to give you my money!

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The Great Ordeal / Re: [TGO SPOILERS] Prologue + Chapter 1 excerpt
« on: May 17, 2016, 09:52:40 pm »
Love the writing and I'm anxiously looking forward to July 7th!

Anyone have any insight into the section that begins with the following:

"There is a head on a pole behind you.

Brutalities spin and scrape, like leaves blasted in the wind.

He is here ... with you ... not so much inside me as speaking with your voice.There is a head on a pole behind you."

Unless I'm completely misreading this I'm assuming this is written from Kellhus' point of view based upon his experience in the Outside. 

"He comes to the shore that is here, always here, gazes without sight across waters that are fire, and sees the Sons swimming, lolling and bloated and bestial, raising babes as wineskins, and drinking deep their shrieks.

There is a head on a pole behind you.

And he sees that these things are meat, here. Love is meat. Hope is meat. Courage. Outrage. Anguish. All these things are meat—seared over fire, sucked clean of grease.

There is a head on a pole.

Taste, one of the Sons says to him. Drink.

It draws down its bladed fingers, and combs the babe apart, plucking him into his infinite strings, laying bare his every inside, so that it might lick his wrack and wretchedness like honey from hair. Consume ... And he sees them descending as locusts, the Sons, drawn by the lure of his meat.

There is a head ... and it cannot be moved."

Several times in this passage RSB uses the phrase "There is a head..."  I've read through the section a couple times trying to glean the significance of this phrase or imagery but I'm coming up short.  Anyone have any insight or speculation as to the significance of this phrase?

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General Misc. / Re: Custom leather bound: The Darkness that Comes Before
« on: October 01, 2015, 09:30:55 pm »
I think the foil looks more polished and will do the cover justice.  Thanks again for sharing.

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General Misc. / Re: Custom leather bound: The Darkness that Comes Before
« on: September 26, 2015, 08:58:30 pm »
Wilshire,

Make sure you post a photo of the completed product.  I'm anxiously awaiting the big reveal and want to see what the heat branding looks like.  If it comes out looking good I think I may be placing an order!  Thanks for sharing this!

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General Earwa / Re: TSA soundtrack
« on: April 13, 2015, 12:44:27 am »
Achamian and the Skin Eaters enter Cil' Aujus...

Riverside - After

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYIP8SZzqE

Song really kicks in at the 40 second mark and conjures the feeling of oppressive depths.

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General Earwa / Re: TSA related art and stuff. III
« on: March 26, 2014, 11:14:23 am »
Great work Som,

I'm the person who sent you the e-mails via Deviant Art commenting on your skills and asking if you sell any of your stuff.  Again, love the new stuff.  Keep up the good work!

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