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Okay, I'm not as die-hard a Tolkien scholar as some here seem to be, but turnabout is fair play with this point. I would plausit an equally valid argument could be made for any …
18 Apr 2007, 01:17
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I absolutely agree with Roy that male/female relationships are one of the main themes of the story. But this story is also a commentary on what we see, vs what actually is, whic…
06 Apr 2007, 00:10
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One vote of respectful disagreement for all of the above. As far as I can tell, there is no required reading to make sense of Soldier of Sidon. It's not without its mysterious …
01 Dec 2006, 03:00
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Dan'l: Chris: This kind of discussion is very interesting, and certainly relevant for our list. Though there seems agreement that there is such a thing as good writing and bad…
16 Jun 2006, 00:14
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Count me squarely in the Ouen camp. Otherwise how to explain the following from Citadel: [Sev]: "But you can read and write." "A bit, sieur." He looked embarrassed. "I've as…
18 Jun 2005, 05:19
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And then Severian said, "I must believe in free will. I have no choice."…
09 Apr 2005, 05:41
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I agree with Andrew that Mag is not Art's mother, for the same reasons he gives. My guess on this one is Setr stopped the practice because he trapped Mag up there, which in the …
27 Mar 2005, 07:33
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Personally I agree with some of the points already raised defending both The Watchman, and Severian, so I'll try to add my own views without repeating theirs unduly. I disagree …
22 Mar 2005, 18:30
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Now that I have finally caught up, I can contribute to TWK discussion. I take exception to the terms posed in this question. Since Knight and Wizard the books in the same serie…
13 Jan 2005, 05:00
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I can't agree with this, interesting as most of the analysis is. One may argue the line of previous autarchs are within Severian by a purely mechanical process, but Thecla withi…
06 Dec 2004, 20:32
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I think I can see where Leguin derived the idea of using the idea of Poughkeepsie in this way. You see, there's a saying I've heard employed many times paritucarly amongst polit…
30 Nov 2004, 20:12
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