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You're right, Charismatic occurs in Lake. Usually it's "Chrasmologic." Blame the proofreader.…
07 Jan 2009, 22:56
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Notes & comments ... ---I'd pronounce them MAY-turrah and PAY-turrah, from the British MAY-ter and PAY-ter. The British pronounce Latin differently from Americans, so there is no …
07 Jan 2009, 18:10
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The significance of Apu Punchau is a mystery to me. I find it hard to believe that he's related to the Commonwealth state religion. It's also not clear exactly how the Conciliato…
20 Dec 2008, 19:57
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Witz wrote: Problems: ---He can't yet know The quote above, I believe, is accurate speculation by Severian. Good Intuition. He's not "stunned" in tUotNS, he just marvels at i…
12 Dec 2008, 21:48
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Lexicon Urthis suggests that Severian spent a year among the Ascians. Does anyone know when this is thought to have occurred?…
11 Dec 2008, 19:17
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I had forgotten that Tzadkiel's son fought and died in the judicial combat that confirmed Severian's success as Epitome. If Tzadkiel is the Demiurge, and the Demiurge is God, the…
11 Dec 2008, 19:02
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I don't recall reading anything about the origin of Abaia and the undines. Does anyone "know" or care to guess? IIRC, Baldanders seems to think they evolved for a watery future, …
05 Dec 2008, 23:12
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Witz, responses below ... David…
03 Dec 2008, 19:02
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I present this recycled post as a follow-up to the thread about comparing Severian to Christ: Pelagic, as a simple adjective, means oceanic, deep-sea. But there is a Christian her…
03 Dec 2008, 17:11
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At least it is to me. Does anyone know whose body Severian took over after he fell from a great height inside the sailship? And is it this body which writes the first three book…
02 Dec 2008, 20:39
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Thanks, Tim. I hadn't thought to look in LS, but of course no character in NS knows anything about such things, except Father Inire. The clues about the sun weakening and the Eart…
02 Dec 2008, 18:09
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I have put zero thought into the question of energy sources and uses. But Wolfe surely would have at least tentatively worked out what necessarily vast energy source was used by th…
02 Dec 2008, 15:24
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To all: I have to step back from my statement that Buenos Aires is not on the Rio de la Plate. It IS in fact on the estuary of that river---an estuary that is so wide at that po…
01 Dec 2008, 20:09
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I'm just now watching the "other" Dune movies---the miniseries---and they are much closer to the text. Really very well done. The Lynch movie did often seem to miss the point, bu…
28 Nov 2008, 22:42
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That's it exactly---Severian is the Executioner, or Harvester, of Urth. He dies and is resurrected, but that's a smaller part of his story. Christ will wield a flaming sword, but h…
24 Nov 2008, 22:15
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I very much agree with this. However, I would see the below possibilities as perfectly legitimate answers to the question "How is Severian like Christ?" Wolfe clearly wanted to …
22 Nov 2008, 22:44
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Let me clarify my thought. I meant that it's almost as though Wolfe read Tertullian (or the debate he was part of) and and responded to him by deliberately constructing a charac…
20 Nov 2008, 21:15
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Recent lurker, first-time poster. Please excuse any formatting offenses! As part of blog discussion on another topic, someone sent me a link regarding the historical development …
20 Nov 2008, 19:49
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Dan'l I found your post in a search on Tracking Song, which I just reread for the 10th (or so) time. I completely agree with your last remark, and I think Tracking Song is a pe…
12 Oct 2008, 12:39
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