A new God

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« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2014, 12:35:54 pm »
MG - we know they are not omniscient. The text tells us they have blind spots.

Makes me wonder at the "space between the gods" that the Nonmen used to worship!

D'oh! Forgetting!  Going to need some new trauma to make me remember.  :)

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« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2014, 05:35:46 pm »
MG - we know they are not omniscient. The text tells us they have blind spots.

Makes me wonder at the "space between the gods" that the Nonmen used to worship!

D'oh! Forgetting!  Going to need some new trauma to make me remember.  :)
When was the last time you re-read the series? TUC will be coming soon (relatively), and I've always found a series wide redo to be traumatizing (and delicious).
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« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2014, 05:45:45 pm »
MG - we know they are not omniscient. The text tells us they have blind spots.

Makes me wonder at the "space between the gods" that the Nonmen used to worship!

D'oh! Forgetting!  Going to need some new trauma to make me remember.  :)
When was the last time you re-read the series? TUC will be coming soon (relatively), and I've always found a series wide redo to be traumatizing (and delicious).

I just finished my series wide re-read (3rd time).  I thought it was perfectly timed for the Amazon release date...

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« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2014, 06:01:14 pm »
lmao "amazon release date".

 I'm working on my #3 as well, but lost steam after TDTCB because I decided I was going to try and make useful Almanac entries. Taking notes is frustrating.
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« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2014, 11:42:03 am »
you guys have me beat, ive only read PoN twice and only read TJE and WLW once. Im 50% through TJE now though :)

MY 3rd re-read is going to be a bit like yours I think Wilshire, im making a lot of notes on our most Holy Prophet Kellhus at the moment and hope to organise my notes for use in our future podcasts! :)


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« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2014, 06:53:16 pm »
Taking notes is frustrating.

Lol'd.

hope to organise my notes for use in our future podcasts! :)

Maybe that can dictate content direction.
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« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2014, 09:20:23 am »
MG - we know they are not omniscient. The text tells us they have blind spots.

Makes me wonder at the "space between the gods" that the Nonmen used to worship!

D'oh! Forgetting!  Going to need some new trauma to make me remember.  :)
When was the last time you re-read the series? TUC will be coming soon (relatively), and I've always found a series wide redo to be traumatizing (and delicious).

Lol, I am rereading the series--just get scatterbrained sometimes!  :P 

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« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2014, 04:31:56 pm »
Do you think the Thousandfold Thought could be a new god?

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« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2014, 04:35:41 pm »
Do you think the Thousandfold Thought could be a new god?
I don't see it as a physical/metaphysical thing, living/breathing/etc. I think its just an idea, but there is some textual support for the contrary.
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