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@2ANDY LANE REFLECTS
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It appears that the angels in "Lucifer Rising" have been giving some
problems. Also the abstract cover art raises some points. The NAs co-
author has this to say:
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The Angels... well, they're just... the Angels. What can I say?
They have no significance over and above their own existance.
Er... That's it.
Well, that's not really it. An underlying sub-text of the book is
the descent into Hell and the reclaiming of somebody lost there -
*cf* Orpheus and his significant other. Miles Engado, of course,
descends into Lucifer to get his daughter back, but he, like
Orpheus, has to return empty handed. The Angels are the denizens
of Hell - but to them it is heaven and it is *us* who are living in
Hell. (Er... how much more of this can I spin out?) Another
sub-plot is that of transformation and redemption - every character
who lives through the story has been transformed in some literal or
spiritual way, and redeemed from some past sin. The Angels
personify that transmogrification - they changed themselves before
the story even started.
Jim and I have talked about writing a sequel to 'Lucifer Rising' in
which we find out what's coming out of the black hole. As soon as
we work out what it is, and as soon as we've forgotten how bad a
time we had writing as a team, we'll do it.
Jim and I disagree on whether or not that's an Angel on the cover.
He reckons it is, but I reckon it's Legion. Yes, I *know* he
painted the damn thing, but that doesn't mean he has the final say
about it.
And the woman (note *woman*, for those of you who thought it was
Miles) with the medicine wheel is Paula Engado.
Andy Lane