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At the end of BOTNS, when Severian enters the Autarch's apartment, he finds a laboratory containing, among other things, 'the fabled emerald bench'. Does anyone have any idea what…
19 Sep 2010, 17:54
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James Wynn wrote (quoting Roy Lackey): Consider the religion of Urth a thousand years later. It seems to contain reminiscences of Catholicism (or at least of some form of Christia…
16 Sep 2010, 22:09
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Jeff Wilson wrote (quoting Lee Berman): That's how I would read it - with the corollary that, if all goes to plan, future humans from Ushas will at some remote time produce a new …
13 Sep 2010, 12:13
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(Dunno why I wrote 12 before: it is chapter 8.) Thanks Lee! I often think that chapter names provide more clues to what is going Yes indeed. One of Cyriaca's chapters is actual…
11 Sep 2010, 17:00
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Hi. I'm new here, but have been lurking for a while. I read BOTNS a while ago, but didn't feel qualified to take part in discussion till I had read _Urth_, which I have just finish…
09 Sep 2010, 21:07