tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post7201638215250877290..comments2024-03-21T19:03:19.133-04:00Comments on Where there had been darkness...: Nine Princes in Amber: What did Eric know and when did he know it?Jugularjoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-12984856790414791802018-02-02T11:51:49.222-05:002018-02-02T11:51:49.222-05:00My favorite author had a fairly straightforward mi...My favorite author had a fairly straightforward mind.This does not mean he was not aware of circular/veering minds. Eric, like all the Princes except Gerard, played a wheels with wheels game. How wonderful to imprison and blind his most hated person while keeping him for backup! Obviously, leaving Amber causes much much less of a "disturbance in the Force" than approaching. Therefore, tracking someone who is leaving is essentially impossible. Reason for no extensive search On Camera. Second, that the Lighthose is what we see does not mean it is the totality of the world away from Mount Kolvir(sp). In much the way that Gene Wolfe's worlds in the Wizard/Knight, and I consider the brothers to be the ultimate wizard/knights of the last century, are each larger than the one before so is Amber larger than all other planes/worlds/etc. Next, with Corwin as a backup/reserve plan why alert his proponents/followers of his escape. After all, as Eric, I have already defeated him multiple times. Bring it on, brother. Having said that, I always considered the Trump on the wall showing the Lighthouse as a plot weakness.Only if it's posited that millennia of existence puts the idea of a trump other than the decks out of mind (boxing to a wrestling golem?) does Corwin's sticking around Cabra make sense to me. My opinion is that Jopin recognized him the first day. Jopin was not developed on camera so I cannot but speculate as to Jopin's motivation. Good thoughts and good posit. I'm on FB as Bob MillerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com