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Does the Red King dream you? *LINK* | ||
Posted By: Beakman Swirled | Date: 1/6/08 12:48 p.m. | |
Hello Marathoners. I think I found something of relevance to Marathon's Story. I was browsing Wikipedia pages recently and found a quote from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass" that immediately reminded me of what I had read on the story pages... (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_argument) "In Lewis Carrol's Through the Looking-Glass, Alice finds the Red King asleep in the grass; Tweedledum and Tweedledee tell her that the Red King is dreaming about her, and that if he were to wake up she would 'go out--bang!--just like a candle.'" When I read "go out--bang!--just like a candle" I instantly thought "The colony has been wiped out. Phhht! Just like that." (from http://marathon.bungie.org/story/colony.html and http://marathon.bungie.org/story/tryagain.html) Given the theme of Am I Dreaming? and the very special circumstances surrounding the colony message, it seems to me more than a coincidence. http://marathon.bungie.org/story/dream.html A longer transcript of Alice's and the Tweedles' exchange can be found at: http://paleotrope.wordpress.com/2006/09/13/solipsism-and-other-minds/ The great thing about that webpage is that it comes with an essay on Solipsism ('all that surrounds me is not reality'), whether reality is a dream, and solutions to these problems. I think it's a good read for all fans of surreal literature, dreaming cyborgs and even dreaming gods (who may dream you). Thoughts?
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Does the Red King dream you? *LINK* | Beakman Swirled | 1/6/08 12:48 p.m. | |
Re: Does the Red King dream you? | MrHen | 1/8/08 7:24 a.m. |
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