Post by artilect on Apr 30, 2015 18:30:29 GMT
As has been stated elsewhere, Against the Light is a fascinating novella that was intended to translate some of the themes from Liber OKBISh in The Ninth Arch into a fictional context.
To begin an examination of the many correlations between these two books I'd like to call attention to a post in the 'Against the Light' thread on this board where Michael Staley outlined an important passage that occurs early on in the novel:
For those who are curious about this passage and who have access to The Ninth Arch, have a look at oracle 314-25 where Grant expounds on this at some length.
Later, in 543-24, he picks up the thought again and remarks that we all are constantly 'exulting or lamenting in a perpetual scenario of unhindered dream'.
Hopefully as others take up the task of reading these two books side-by-side, posts can accumulate here that elucidate correspondences similar to the above.
To begin an examination of the many correlations between these two books I'd like to call attention to a post in the 'Against the Light' thread on this board where Michael Staley outlined an important passage that occurs early on in the novel:
I have proved beyond doubt that in the darkness of senescence lies hidden a key to the earlier life. In the ordinary mortal it is veiled in the imagery of childhood, but these images are masks. Beneath them lies a mystery which concerns not the past, but the future . . .
Later, in 543-24, he picks up the thought again and remarks that we all are constantly 'exulting or lamenting in a perpetual scenario of unhindered dream'.
Hopefully as others take up the task of reading these two books side-by-side, posts can accumulate here that elucidate correspondences similar to the above.
