Tags
Alternative Ending, Doug Dorst, Follow the Monkey, JJ Abrams, SERIN, transparent man, V.M. Straka, VM Straka
In the alternative ending of Chapter 10 for Ship of Theseus, when the point of view shifts to the monkey, S is referred to as the transparent man. Rather than spoil the mystery with my own musings, I leave you to focus on the following: a portion of p376 from “S” and a portion of the alternative ending – particularly the portions that I have highlighted in green. I encourage you to comment with theories or questions as to what these connections might mean.
Thoughts On "S" 
Reminds me of a footnote in a JLB story.
Jorge Luis Borges?
when I read this I think of multi universe’s colliding and sharing information and visions. It also seems like Straka is not just one person but several and almost at different places at once. For example he writes in a several different languages, the reference in triptych of mirrors but also the title of the book itself – theseus point to this not being one man.
Besides we also get several different references to space and time. Birds of negative space (black holes) on page 19 we can reed S stagger down a narrow chanel of open space (worm hole?) and further down Samsung asks himself: Din he fall down from significant hight?
And when you think of it, does not the front page of the book resemble a ship in the middle of a black hole? Or Mabyn in Gravitational waves? See – https://goo.gl/images/euJqoj or https://goo.gl/images/jQRDwt
Just me thinking loud:)