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I understood it to be the opposite. The 'Wolfean' idea represented seems to be that memories can only be transmitted by eating a certain part of the brain. Reference Severian's gr…
14 Jul 2013, 23:30
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Reading through RttW last night, and came across this quote by Windcloud at Horn's trial: "I was one of those who boarded your whorl when it neared our sun. In the Whorl, I made th…
28 Feb 2011, 02:24
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11 Feb 2011, 04:07
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You guys make some great points about Pas and the benevolence of his plan. Like any good parent, he is willing to use 'tough love' to benefit his children and drive them out of the…
10 Feb 2011, 22:40
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Very good points! Perhaps he isn't intended to be a host for Typhon at all.I still think he is the genetic child of Typhon and Kypris, however. His attempts to produce an heir with…
10 Feb 2011, 05:52
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There is no reason to believe the children of Typhon were conceived of Piaton's body, since we don't have a good concept of how long after his ascension such a procedure became nec…
10 Feb 2011, 05:39
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Well I can't prove that the real Quetzal was replaced by an Inhumi either, but it would explain his longevity and rise to power if his career began long before he was replaced. One…
10 Feb 2011, 04:05
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But why would Typhon send an embryo of his son to occupy himself?Well technically the embryo would be the physical son of Piaton if the embryo was created after Typhon's head trans…
10 Feb 2011, 01:39
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10 Feb 2011, 01:33
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I always thought that the Neighbors spy on the whorl through use of the Sacred Windows and Glasses. This would explain how they saw Silk mourning and dieing inside the manteion. I…
10 Feb 2011, 01:05
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I'll try to write out my thoughts more coherently. The plot starts during Tussah's reign as calde. He experiences a theophany and/or enlightenment from Pas, filling him in on the d…
10 Feb 2011, 00:54
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There are a few possible reasons why nobody would remember a first Exodus: - It could have been launched from other cities in the Whorl, not from Viron. - it could have been launch…
10 Feb 2011, 00:16
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Here's a theory on how Inhumi arrived in the whorl. When the Whorl first arrived in the Blue/Green system, Pas put his plan into motion and the initial launchers full of cargo laun…
09 Feb 2011, 23:26
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Apologies if someone else already gave the same answer to this: I just finished reading through the Long Sun books, and the answer to this question seemed like an obvious plot poi…
09 Feb 2011, 22:10
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18 Nov 2009, 09:51
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If you're interested in early German porcelain I highly recommend the Dixon Gardens & Gallery in Memphis. They have a great collection of porcelain and pewter from Germany as well …
30 Jun 2009, 23:09
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20 May 2009, 04:34
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06 Apr 2009, 07:19
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I suppose that makes sense, because Ignacio needed to get his hands on Burt's buried treasure also. Is he really that greedy? What a bad dude.…
17 Mar 2008, 02:29
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Yea, I think its pretty obvious that Ignacio made a deal with Lesage, revealing to him the location of Valentin's cave and the location/date of Burt's treasure caravan. What did I…
15 Mar 2008, 14:47
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This is basically how I understand the Whorl. Typhon was hedging his bets, and using the Whorl as a resurrection scheme. He did intend to be downloaded into a human body at some po…
17 Dec 2007, 20:56
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I'm pretty sure that the Cordillera Real(Royal Mountains) is the range where Severian ventured, which would fit very well with a clockwise rotation of South America. He would then …
15 Dec 2007, 21:02
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During that encounter, Severian gave birth to the New Sun, which was himself. Hopefully that clears it up. =)…
15 Dec 2007, 00:51
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'Ship volant' is not the only piece of evidence we have concerning the nature of the ship on Severian's tomb. Consider this bit: I know too in whose mausoleum I tarried as a child…
29 Nov 2007, 07:34
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'Ship volant' is not the only piece of evidence we have concerning the nature of the ship on Severian's tomb. Consider this bit: I know too in whose mausoleum I tarried as a child…
29 Nov 2007, 07:34
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I'm quite certain that the ship depicted on Severian's tomb is the spaceship on which he sailed between the universes. Its not a terrestrial ship at all, and Wolfe's initial use of…
27 Nov 2007, 18:59
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I was always under the impression that Ushas and its New Sun are simply Urth at the beginning of time. The cycle starts all over again with a different name, in a big circle of uni…
15 Nov 2007, 17:58
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I was always under the impression that Ushas and its New Sun are simply Urth at the beginning of time. The cycle starts all over again with a different name, in a big circle of uni…
15 Nov 2007, 17:58
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I might point out that Jonas seems to be a Chem with biological prosthetics... -----Original Message----- From: James Wynn [mailto:crushtv at hotpop.com] Sent: Fri 8/22/2003 5:3…
23 Aug 2003, 03:44
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That I can go with easily enough if I had to. Nope. An ancient language (epitomized by the inscriptions in the Atrium of Time) presented to us as Latin not because it is Lati…
19 Aug 2003, 05:41
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16 Aug 2003, 08:46
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13 Aug 2003, 22:46
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13 Aug 2003, 04:07
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Severian mentions at one point in Claw that he has never read the entire book. Perhaps he never finishes the thing during his journey. -----Original Message----- From: teflon93…
08 Aug 2003, 05:46
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04 Aug 2003, 07:05
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In my opinion, this emphasis on Silk/Horn's appetite in IGJ is simply a clue to the reader that Horn is now inhabiting Silk's body. As Roy notes, Silk does not usually eat much. No…
09 Jul 2002, 20:51
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23 Jun 2002, 02:46
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I recently read a post in the Urth archives concerning the color of the gem in Hyacinth's azoth: There are two gems on the azoth. One is set directly underneath the guard, and i…
20 May 2002, 05:43
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when I try to open the message, it doesn't work -----Original Message----- From: urth at urth.net Sent: Wed 1/30/2002 11:01 PM To: Digest_Members Cc: Subject: Digest from …
31 Jan 2002, 08:59
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