Alastair Reynolds' 'House of Suns'
Sunday, April 5th, 2009 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tamaranthI have a Theory about this book and none of the reviews I've googled seems to have reached the same conclusion. If you've read it and are up for spoilery discussion, continue under the cut ...
My Theory is that it's a love story not only between Campion and Purslane but between Abraham Valmik and Abigail Gentian. All depends if 'little boy' -> Abraham Valmik -> Spirit of the Air -> Hesperus, and perhaps Abigail -> Purslane. (Which latter would also explain why Purslane's narrative voice is so similar to Abigail's -- more so, to my mind, than either is to Campion's.)
Yes, I know there is a great deal more to it than the love story: but this element of the story intrigued me, and might explain a few things.
If you don't want to discuss in public, email me, tamaranth at livejournal.com
My Theory is that it's a love story not only between Campion and Purslane but between Abraham Valmik and Abigail Gentian. All depends if 'little boy' -> Abraham Valmik -> Spirit of the Air -> Hesperus, and perhaps Abigail -> Purslane. (Which latter would also explain why Purslane's narrative voice is so similar to Abigail's -- more so, to my mind, than either is to Campion's.)
Yes, I know there is a great deal more to it than the love story: but this element of the story intrigued me, and might explain a few things.
If you don't want to discuss in public, email me, tamaranth at livejournal.com
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