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Now here is something I found that could set off some morbid speculation.<1. Is it possible for unions between Sranc and Men to have offspring?>Quote from: Cu'jara CinmoiNo. Though it is possible with Nonmen.
No. Though it is possible with Nonmen.
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Marion Zimmer Bradley, lockesnow.
Quote from: MadnessHmm... depends on what you think it affirms, Duskweaver?Possibly a poor choice of word on my part. 'Affirming' was intended, more or less, as an antonym to 'challenging'. What I was getting at was that it seems too much like the sort of ideologically friendly "just so" explanation that Bakker himself seems to disdain. Millennia of misogyny explained away by a single black-and-white historical event just feels too convenient, and invoking the idea of an ancient Golden Age of Sexual Equality (well, unless he then went on to brutally subvert it)... yeah, I just can't see him going for that.(No criticism of MZB intended, incidentally. She's one of my favourite authors. But I don't read her books for the sort of intellectual/moral/philosophical challenge I expect from Bakker. She'd never make damnation real, and therefore she'd never allow us, even for a moment, to find ourselves kinda-sorta rooting for the Consult.)
Hmm... depends on what you think it affirms, Duskweaver?
Quote from: Duskweaver(well, unless he then went on to brutally subvert it)... yeah, I just can't see him going for that.+1 - The Second Apocalypse, Now With More Inversions .
(well, unless he then went on to brutally subvert it)... yeah, I just can't see him going for that.
Quote from: DuskweaverQuote from: MadnessHmm... depends on what you think it affirms, Duskweaver?Possibly a poor choice of word on my part. 'Affirming' was intended, more or less, as an antonym to 'challenging'. What I was getting at was that it seems too much like the sort of ideologically friendly "just so" explanation that Bakker himself seems to disdain. Millennia of misogyny explained away by a single black-and-white historical event just feels too convenient, and invoking the idea of an ancient Golden Age of Sexual Equality (well, unless he then went on to brutally subvert it)... yeah, I just can't see him going for that.I know I read an Engels essay on the 'golden age of polyandry' I think it was called The Origins of the Family or somesuch. Struck me as a bit racist/wishfulfillment at the time, but maybe bakker is going to play with Marx's pal's starry-eyed take on 'pre property equality'?
Quote from: MadnessHmm... depends on what you think it affirms, Duskweaver?Possibly a poor choice of word on my part. 'Affirming' was intended, more or less, as an antonym to 'challenging'. What I was getting at was that it seems too much like the sort of ideologically friendly "just so" explanation that Bakker himself seems to disdain. Millennia of misogyny explained away by a single black-and-white historical event just feels too convenient, and invoking the idea of an ancient Golden Age of Sexual Equality (well, unless he then went on to brutally subvert it)... yeah, I just can't see him going for that.
He's doing something more than we're seeing.We can't even figure out where the plot's going .
Quote from: MadnessHe's doing something more than we're seeing.We can't even figure out where the plot's going .Well if it was simple enough to figure out, then this site would be a waste of everyone's time. Glad we're all here.
+2.Bakker commented on TPB that he's working through the last chapters of TUC :shock: .What is in those pages?!
Speaking of the last pages, once the book is released I'm not going to show back up until I'm done with it. Wouldn't want to spoil any surprises.
Lmao... I actively tried not reading WLW - I ended up doing little else for three days and finished it twice.Your absence will be noted .
The layering of revelation is very important. I wouldn't want to spoil the fun.
True but we can move all the existing Unholy Consult threads to WLW and Misc. Chatter and have a spoiler forum again.
*gasp*You would move a mountain?Your faith has made you powerful.
Quote from: MadnessTrue but we can move all the existing Unholy Consult threads to WLW and Misc. Chatter and have a spoiler forum again.sounds irritating, probably not worth it.