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"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - Barry Lee Dejasu - 10-09-2006
To celebrate the ages-old newbie question ("Why is The Tomb called The Tomb even though there is no tomb in it?"), I will share a few discoveries that I made upon my first re-read of The Tomb.
You see, I found not one, not two, but FOUR (even five, maybe) references to tombs in the book. Unfortunately I didn't mark where they were in the book as I was reading, and my quick scavenger hunt this morning revealed only three of them, but my point is made.
In the new, bargain-priced Tor paperback:
- Pg. 204, paragraph 5: "...a temple that was now a pyre and a tomb for that nameless sect." (this is my "classic" one)
- Pg. 254, paragraph 2: "The tombstonelike Secretariat Building was off limits to the public."
- Pg. 418, paragraph 5: "Like a loyal Indian wife throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre, it headed towards Kusum's sunken iron tomb."
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - APhew - 10-09-2006
NERD!!!!
(runs and hides)
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - jimbow8 - 10-09-2006
APhew Wrote:NERD!!!!"Hey, Kettle, this is the Pot. You're black!"
(runs and hides)
(ducks and runs also)
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - webby - 10-09-2006
Then, shouldn't the book have been called Tombs?
(not running like the scaredy-cats :p )
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - Maggers - 10-09-2006
I never had a problem with the title of "The Tomb." It always seemed to me that FPW was referring to the temple in India that had become the tomb for all the rakosh but for the sole surviving egg.
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - jimbow8 - 10-09-2006
Maggers Wrote:I never had a problem with the title of "The Tomb." It always seemed to me that FPW was referring to the temple in India that had become the tomb for all the rakosh but for the sole surviving egg.Ditto. But I'm glad I splurged and bought RAKOSHI.
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - Dr. Trilobite - 10-09-2006
Maggers Wrote:I never had a problem with the title of "The Tomb." It always seemed to me that FPW was referring to the temple in India that had become the tomb for all the rakosh but for the sole surviving egg.Agreed. And I know I'm in the minority when I say that I prefer it to "Rakoshi".
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 10-09-2006
Dr. Trilobite Wrote:Agreed. And I know I'm in the minority when I say that I prefer it to "Rakoshi".
THE TOMB is a more =commercial= title. And therefore to be preferred, unless you're writing for a poetry magazine that only people in Vermont have ever seen in their red-commie bookstores.:eek:
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - cobalt - 10-09-2006
jimbow8 Wrote:"Hey, Kettle, this is the Pot. You're black!"You guys make my day....LOL...not good to laugh too loud at work....gives it away that I'm probably NOT working.
(ducks and runs also)
"Tombs" in THE TOMB (potential SPOILERS, all ye newbies) - KRW - 10-09-2006
Barry Lee Dejasu Wrote:To celebrate the ages-old newbie question ("Why is The Tomb called The Tomb even though there is no tomb in it?"), I will share a few discoveries that I made upon my first re-read of The Tomb.
You see, I found not one, not two, but FOUR (even five, maybe) references to tombs in the book. Unfortunately I didn't mark where they were in the book as I was reading, and my quick scavenger hunt this morning revealed only three of them, but my point is made.
In the new, bargain-priced Tor paperback:Yes, I understand how little of a life this shows I have, but hopefully my discovery is interesting enough to overwhelm that.
- Pg. 204, paragraph 5: "...a temple that was now a pyre and a tomb for that nameless sect." (this is my "classic" one)
- Pg. 254, paragraph 2: "The tombstonelike Secretariat Building was off limits to the public."
- Pg. 418, paragraph 5: "Like a loyal Indian wife throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre, it headed towards Kusum's sunken iron tomb."
I'm always amazed at the intellectual thought and the insights that this board brings...........then I read something like this.
Just goofing with ya man, I'm such a geek that I didn't even need the page numbers or paragraphs to figure out where those are in the book!:o