I find it quite interesting and somewhat nostalgic to see a dialogue between Lightman, Schubert and Nagassa.
I find it quite interesting and somewhat nostalgic to see a dialogue between Lightman, Schubert and Nagassa. That is the kind of conversation that was held long ago. I can't remember which ones of them were there and which weren't. Lightman had to be there. Much younger, of course. And Nagassa... Always part feral... Part advanced intellect. Interesting mix. He'd be like Pan or a minotaur or something. Feral is not the right word. Uncontacted. Yes. Uncontacted.
Interesting way to describe Nagassa. He's always caught me as a unique personality. He doesn't seem restricted by the world the way others are. He has a freeness about himself.
ReplyDeleteCould nassaga be Cheshire cat?
ReplyDeletePerhaps that is why he went to study the Anaztec? I would like to ask him if he ever had the chance to study Hank's guardian creature.
ReplyDeleteHe did not study with the Anaztec or the Nazteka, he was born with them. His father was a Soviet Scientist. Working on Astro Espionage. They build an observatory high in the Andes either to spy on U.S. satellites or to gain astrological insight (there are different stories on this), and Yuri was raised there.
ReplyDeleteI imagine that it would be like having your father be a lighthouse keeper.
Anyway, there was an un-contacted tribe nearby. Yuri played with the children of the tribe, and learned from them. Here's what is interesting; they are believed to be the last of a dying tribe that was killed with the Shaper self-destruct code -- a cycle that began with the Cahokians. My suspicion is that Lightman's skill at interpreting Glyphs came from Yuri.
so Stein is "borrowing" others work - or Yuri trained Stein?
ReplyDeleteDo you know Yuri's father's name? Is that an important link?
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