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Erikson Metaphors The Sun

#1 Tatterdemalion

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 12:42 AM

Just a quickie:

Has anyone else noticed how many times Erikson refers to the sun rising or setting as being bloody, casting a bloody shroud, or painting the sky red with blood, etc.?

Upon rereads I noticed that this seems to happen at least once or twice a book, x4 in books set in the Seven Cities.

It's wicked awesome, but just wanted to see if anyone else has noticed.

Lol, will it ever be "The sun cast a red gaze across the field of death - a soft, warming glow in the morning light."

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 08:20 AM

Warming glow reminds me heat emanating from corpses...

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 01:49 PM

I didn't notice that in particular, and I don't have references on hand to back up this claim, but it definitely feels like each book has its own pet phrases and words. I remember thinking that the Edur's Chaos magic in MT was described as "coruscating" about a dozen times. It's never really over the top, and it doesn't lower my opinion of the writing, but it seems like it's noticeable nevertheless.

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 06:47 PM

I think we can all agree that the ever present potsherds are a metaphor for the endless rise and fall of civilizations on 7 cities

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 10:31 PM

Sinisdar Toste, on 16 November 2010 - 06:47 PM, said:

I think we can all agree that the ever present potsherds are a metaphor for the endless rise and fall of civilizations on 7 cities

I'd say not so much metaphor as tangible evidence.

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