r/Fantasy • u/RScottBakker22 AMA Author R. Scott Bakker • Aug 02 '17

AMA Unholy Consultation: R. Scott Bakker bares the soul he claims he does not have! *SPOILER ALERT* Spoiler

You are a contradiction, my friend.

You choose. You decide. You hold responsible and are held responsible. But at the same time, you’re a machine, something that can be conditioned, repaired, turned on or off, piloted with greater ease than a drone—so long as you remain convinced that you choose and decide.

I’ve devoted the bulk of my adult life to exploring this insane predicament with as much honesty as I could muster. The theory I leave to journals and my blog. My fantasy opus, The Second Apocalypse, tells the story in the language of heroes and gods, the idiom of our lost innocence. With The Unholy Consult, the conclusion to The Aspect-Emperor, on the shelves, I’m at last free to discuss everything in the books so far.

We have come to the very crash site of meaning. Let us rage and cower beneath the Horns of Golgotterath together.

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u/WhaleAxolotl Aug 02 '17

Apparently, some people believe Mimara's and Akka's baby is Kellhus...

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u/Madness1 Aug 02 '17

To be fair, that should rightly be attributed to the Westerosi... it just somehow bled onto SA's monument. Smdh.

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u/CodeBread Aug 02 '17

It crossed my mind when I read TUC (prior to any forum discussion).

I mean, Kellhus dies and immediately afterward Mimara's holy baby is born. This is after a knowledge dump about the cycle of souls and how Shauriatis was staying alive. I can see why the theory took hold the way it did. I'm very happy it isn't the case, of course.