Dedalus Diggle revisited

[Gregory Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 55220

Sorry to dredge up something from a ways back, I've been catching up on things and ran into the Dedalus Diggle conversation and wanted to add a couple bits.

Regarding the mythological Daedalus, it was mentioned that he was an inventor and the creator of the Minotaur's Maze but I don't think it was mentioned that he was imprisoned in that same maze for a very specific reason--TO KEEP A SECRET--the secret of the ways in and out of the maze.  Secrets and the keeping thereof are obviously an important element (if not a full fledged theme) in the novels so far.

The other thing I wanted to point out was that Daedalus is in part famous for being a father whose advice was ignored.  Daedalus made wings and held them together with wax and was trying to fly out of the maze with his son Icarus.  He advised Icarus not to fly too close to the sun but Icarus ignored the advice, the wings melted, and Icarus fell to his death.  This could also play into the "It's not our abilities, it's our decisions" theme.

Regarding the latter, I think it's interesting to note that Diggle seems to make a number of fairly foolish decisions.  What this might mean, I haven't a clue, just thought I'd toss it out there.
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Gregory Lynn


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