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Tubab, also known as “Old Tubab,” is an Athshean and a “Great Dreamer” of Tuntar, the village that Raj Lyubov visits after the massacre at Smith Camp. Tubab had previously been an anthropological informant of Lyubov’s, but when Lyubov visits Tuntar after the massacre, Tubab does not speak with him or even greet him. Readers later learn that at the time, the Athsheans were planning another attack, this time on Central, which explains Tubab’s cold reception of Lyubov. Tubab speaks to Selver after this attack and after Selver negotiates with the humans, telling Selver that the humans appear insane to him. He also tells Selver that the reason Selver can no longer dream effectively is that he went without dreams for too long.
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Tubab Character Timeline in The Word for World is Forest
The timeline below shows where the character Tubab appears in The Word for World is Forest. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Five
...acquaintance, the headwoman’s cousin Sherrar. She wouldn’t tell him where his old informants (Egath and Tubab) were, and she attempted to get him away from the Men’s Lodge by inviting him...
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Chapter Six
...the fire and asks the men gathered there—all Great Dreamers—whether he’s the one who’s mad. Tubab tells Selver that Selver currently doesn’t know dream-time from world-time, because he went without dreams...
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...she assumed, as they clearly recognized Selver’s godly status at the end of the encounter. Tubab says that the yumens are clearly insane, not sensible like Lyubov was. After all, the...
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Tubab wonders if Selver told the yumens that they were insane, and Selver says he didn’t;...
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