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Mr. Driussi said: I've often wondered how it got there myself. I have established 2 theories: 1) As in David Brin's novel _Earth_, some tinkering scientists create a black h…
31 Jan 1998, 21:22
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Mantis said: Who's to say that the Claw isn't simply a device made by Tzadkiel to help Severian bring the New Sun? I'm pretty much ruled out the idea that it is an invention …
31 Jan 1998, 21:22
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Mantis asked: This evening, whilst reading a copy of _Shadow and Claw_ up at the local bookstore, I was surprised to see a rather interesting and prophetic comment by the the…
31 Jan 1998, 21:22
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Said Vizcacha Woah, Gene Wolfe himself has said that there are only 2 chiliads between our present time here inA.D. 1998, and Severian's time. (I think it is in the People in…
30 Jan 1998, 16:43
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In Response to Vizcacha: Let's get some terms out of the way here before I begin: Severian1 - the Severian of the first iteration of Briah, who gained the Phoenix Throne but did …
30 Jan 1998, 16:40
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Vizcacha said: I don't think so either. Why would Tzadkiel need to rework the timeline so that *Severian would live* to bring the New Sun if it had been brought in the past i…
30 Jan 1998, 15:06
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David Wells said: Apu-Punchau was the Severian of the first "iteration" of Briah, before the timeline was altered. (See _Citadel_ chapter XXXVIII, paragraph 5). I've never be…
29 Jan 1998, 17:35
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It could be argued that the undine was fated to save him, because he was fated to live, i.e. the undine was a tool of Tzadkiel to ensure Severian's life and autarchy much like the …
27 Jan 1998, 16:08
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Friends, After careful study of the BOTNS appendices, I now concur with Mr. Driussi's opinion that Wolfe did more than simply translate a single manuscript. In _Lictor_'…
27 Jan 1998, 16:08
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Said Alga: Yep, we specifically learn that Ymar and the Autarch's predecessor were also unmanned, as well as the other autarchs in between. What about Typhon? BTW, someo…
26 Jan 1998, 01:09
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Vizcacha said: Yes, Tzadkiel gave Severian the circumstances to become autarch by unmanning the previous Autarch. That's why I wince when I hear people use the word "punishme…
24 Jan 1998, 16:49
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Friends, As usual, I discovered an answer to my question 10 minutes after mailing it to the list: When Severian sets the manuscript upon "the seas of space and time," I …
22 Jan 1998, 18:41
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Friends, One of the most plaguing questions I've been asking myself recently is the origin of the manuscript of the BOTNS, i.e. how it came from Severian's time to our own so …
20 Jan 1998, 12:13
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Friends, One of the most plaguing questions I've been asking myself recently is the origin of the manuscript of the BOTNS, i.e. how it came from Severian's time to our own so …
20 Jan 1998, 12:12
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I'd be interested to know how Merryn (and the Cumaean?) survived the transformation of Urth into Ushas and made it into deep space. I wonder if Madregot had anything to do with thi…
13 Jan 1998, 18:21
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Friends, We know (have guessed, rather) that Severian's mother is Katherine and his sister is Merryn (previously Severa). My question is: who is Severian's father. If Katheri…
02 Jan 1998, 01:30
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Tony Ellis, M. Driussi, and Friends, A response to the letters by Mr. Ellis, and Sieur Driussi. Really? I have not read _Urth_ yet. The Orb re-release is out now and I shall go b…
20 Nov 1997, 17:20
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Friends, Has there ever been a serious study of the myriad themes and elaborate symbolism in the play of Dr. Talos in _Claw of the Conciliator_? I've read it several times ove…
16 Nov 1997, 15:33
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