Jul-18-2011, 02:20 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Jul-19-2011, 12:26 AM (UTC) by Farseer.)
Woops I took a while to get here too!!!
I really should have posted on this topic while I HAD The book!! I must admit I got it from the library and eventually of course had to take it back so I don't have it in front of me.
Basically I didn't believe that the bits in *TM Spoiler* Anyhoo, for most of the story of Homecoming I didn't change my mind on this. It seemed the places where people has visions and thought they WERE previous inhabitants of the area were just all consuming visions, and in fact some sort of Elderling 'art' (virtual reality movie???)
BUT I came across 2 things in the story that made me think hmmmm maybe it IS implying reincarnation. Er and now I can only remember the first thing!!!
The first thing was earlier on when they were travelling from the river bank into the jungle and a little boy gets sick and dies (hope I'm remembering this right) and the son of Carillion says something like 'he didn't belong here' ?? I was thinking well what makes him so different? I'm presuming it couldn't be that he didn't carry Elderling blood, as I think his family were with him (so wouldn't they be the same?) Is it something about him not being a reincarnated Elderling?
I can't really explain it!
And GRrrrrrrr I can't think what the second thing was! Something later in the story, possibly in the actual underground chambers...... gah I'll have to read it again!
I really should have posted on this topic while I HAD The book!! I must admit I got it from the library and eventually of course had to take it back so I don't have it in front of me.
Basically I didn't believe that the bits in *TM Spoiler* Anyhoo, for most of the story of Homecoming I didn't change my mind on this. It seemed the places where people has visions and thought they WERE previous inhabitants of the area were just all consuming visions, and in fact some sort of Elderling 'art' (virtual reality movie???)
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SpoilerBUT I came across 2 things in the story that made me think hmmmm maybe it IS implying reincarnation. Er and now I can only remember the first thing!!!
The first thing was earlier on when they were travelling from the river bank into the jungle and a little boy gets sick and dies (hope I'm remembering this right) and the son of Carillion says something like 'he didn't belong here' ?? I was thinking well what makes him so different? I'm presuming it couldn't be that he didn't carry Elderling blood, as I think his family were with him (so wouldn't they be the same?) Is it something about him not being a reincarnated Elderling?
I can't really explain it!
And GRrrrrrrr I can't think what the second thing was! Something later in the story, possibly in the actual underground chambers...... gah I'll have to read it again!
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