What a great discussion...I've had a lot of fun reading/following it so far! I'm not sure I have much to contribute, except to say that when I first read The Thief, I skipped right over the implication that Hamiathes' Gift might have saved Gen's life, until I got to the end and started to wonder. The second time I read the book I went, "of course! That's why he didn't die--because he had the Gift!" So I've always been under the impression that it was the Gift that saved him, and I'd never really thought about the whys and hows until now. (So thanks for making me think!)
I'm still not quite sure what I think, but I do like the idea that the Gift takes into account the intentions of the thief or bearer. Also, I think it's pretty clear that Gen (not the Magus!) gets the permission of the gods to take the stone--is it at the end of The Thief that he says he'd come to believe each successive generation removed the Gift from the temple only with the permission of the gods?
Oh--and I also love the line about velvet and embroidery. So Attolia. (And I never even thought that it might be foreshadowing! Yikes!)
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Date: 2/27/09 03:09 pm (UTC)What a great discussion...I've had a lot of fun reading/following it so far! I'm not sure I have much to contribute, except to say that when I first read The Thief, I skipped right over the implication that Hamiathes' Gift might have saved Gen's life, until I got to the end and started to wonder. The second time I read the book I went, "of course! That's why he didn't die--because he had the Gift!" So I've always been under the impression that it was the Gift that saved him, and I'd never really thought about the whys and hows until now. (So thanks for making me think!)
I'm still not quite sure what I think, but I do like the idea that the Gift takes into account the intentions of the thief or bearer. Also, I think it's pretty clear that Gen (not the Magus!) gets the permission of the gods to take the stone--is it at the end of The Thief that he says he'd come to believe each successive generation removed the Gift from the temple only with the permission of the gods?
Oh--and I also love the line about velvet and embroidery. So Attolia. (And I never even thought that it might be foreshadowing! Yikes!)