Garon Whited
"Boojum." (And I'm delighted you've got the audiobook!) "Boojum" was a word originally coined by Lewis Carroll (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hun...) and was quite a dangerous creature.
As for the latest Lord of Light, his commentary leads us to questions about how that universe (cosmos?) is put together. It's possible whatever agency caused angels to exist may have designed him as a prototype. Or maybe he is "Lucifer," in the Biblical sense--but, perhaps, the story passed down by humanity from generation to generation has been distorted by miscopying, mistranslation, or simple failure to understand the more fundamental aspects. (Or did the Boojum deliberately include some errors while the humans weren't watching? Hmmm!)
Regardless of whether or not the current Lord of Light is "the" Morning Star," he certainly is a powerful and dangerous entity from somewhere near the beginning of time! He may well be the most powerful of the angel-class entities--but he clearly isn't entirely like them, since he actively seeks out more energy sources instead of carrying out whatever "program" is built into each of the "real" angels.
As for the latest Lord of Light, his commentary leads us to questions about how that universe (cosmos?) is put together. It's possible whatever agency caused angels to exist may have designed him as a prototype. Or maybe he is "Lucifer," in the Biblical sense--but, perhaps, the story passed down by humanity from generation to generation has been distorted by miscopying, mistranslation, or simple failure to understand the more fundamental aspects. (Or did the Boojum deliberately include some errors while the humans weren't watching? Hmmm!)
Regardless of whether or not the current Lord of Light is "the" Morning Star," he certainly is a powerful and dangerous entity from somewhere near the beginning of time! He may well be the most powerful of the angel-class entities--but he clearly isn't entirely like them, since he actively seeks out more energy sources instead of carrying out whatever "program" is built into each of the "real" angels.
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David
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Garon Whited:
So Eric hangs out in the 1950s and 60s, avoiding advanced technologies, but hypothetical question - if he was on an alternate Earth in the right year and he ran into an Alternate-Mary (because it’s still many years before Rethvan is ready) how would that effect him? Would he talk to her? I mean it’s not his Mary, but would he be tempted to talk to Alternate-Mary? Or would he avoid her at all cost?
David
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Garon Whited:
It’s a new year with new hope. And a new question - in book three, The Orb, there is that guy, Balaur, who turns into the bats and flies away - since Eric has gone back in time and is developing his super new spy scrying spells that let him peek in on universes without being noticed, is he going to watch Balaur fly away and find out where he went, who he was, and why he has that power?
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