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Post by shazam2 on Mar 2, 2015 0:54:58 GMT
It's been so long since I posted here, I've forgotten my username, so had to make a new one. I was in a used/antique bookstore in Southern California and saw a book that caught my eye. Has Reynard been a busy be on this side of the 4th wall, or perhaps inspired by a physical analogue?  imgur.com/8zCfGPB |
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Post by fwip on Mar 2, 2015 5:59:29 GMT
I doubt that's him, mostly because he'd have difficulty getting it published. Most publishers would want to directly talk with Renard, especially for a book with such unusual contents, and I doubt that he would be able to pass for a human in such a meeting.
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Post by SilverbackRon on Mar 2, 2015 8:01:10 GMT
It's been so long since I posted here, I've forgotten my username, so had to make a new one. I was in a used/antique bookstore in Southern California and saw a book that caught my eye. Has Reynard been a busy be on this side of the 4th wall, or perhaps inspired by a physical analogue? imgur.com/8zCfGPBThat is a hilarious discovery! Thanks for sharing that.  |
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Post by nightwind on Mar 2, 2015 15:58:35 GMT
Considering the title of the book he should have had the ability to possess people when it was published. In disguise of a man he could find a way. Maybe he did this shortly before getting rejected by Surma?  |
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Post by shazam2 on Mar 3, 2015 0:30:12 GMT
In doing a bit of research, the book is a 1920s translation of Renard's first Sci fi book 'Doctor Lerne' (the original written in french) in which the Doctor studies the transferring of brains between animals, between people, between animals and people, gradually learning how to transfer consciousness itself into others, including plants and inanimate objects, though I don't think he tried stuffed animals.
With the sigil on the cover, I wonder if it indeed Reynard's name was a bit of an homage.
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Post by warrl on Mar 3, 2015 5:08:53 GMT
The name, no, not an homage to this book. Le Roman de Renart is one of the oldest extant pieces of French literature, and one of the other main characters is named Ysengrim.
Reynard's power, though, possibly.
In-universe, whether it could be Reynard's work very much depends on when it might have been published. A hundred and fifty years ago, probably not. Fifty years ago, probably. Today, trivially easy - because on the internet nobody knows you're a dog.
(I *have* published a book on the internet. And the name I use on most online forums - including this one - and which I once thought to stay strictly in-character with... is taken from another sapient canid.)
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 3, 2015 10:55:44 GMT
I wonder if it indeed Reynard's name was a bit of an homage. The name, no, not an homage to this book. Le Roman de Renart There's "Reynardine" version. The one connected to possession plot. |
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Post by Daedalus on Mar 5, 2015 4:09:17 GMT
There's "Reynardine" version. The one connected to possession plot. I don't think there is any connection between Reynardine and possession. Many versions have him as a werefox who abducts women who are alone in the wilderness (thus providing the skirt-chasing and ladykiller aspects of Rey's personality), but there's nothing I know of to link to possession. The Doctor studies the transferring of brains between animals, between people, between animals and people, gradually learning how to transfer consciousness itself into others, including plants and inanimate objects, though I don't think he tried stuffed animals. With the sigil on the cover, I wonder if it indeed Reynard's name was a bit of an homage. If the sigil were included in GKC, I'd see the idea of Renard being a homage as more reasonable. But this book is relatively obscure (I think?). Without further evidence, I am guessing this is a coincidence. Though I still want this to be correct, because it would be an awesome reference >.< |
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Post by shazam2 on Mar 6, 2015 4:20:01 GMT
It is an interesting bit of randomness if not an inspiration for Reynard's powers, but that's what makes life so fun. If it is, Woot  |
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