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Ryan---Try getting text files of the books and keep searching them for clues. More textual evidence is always welcome! See you all after the weekend.…
08 Jul 2010, 13:23
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It's true that Severian's motives need to be pure for the test on Yesod---one might say naive. And yet ... Severian pretends naivete all the time.…
08 Jul 2010, 13:21
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OK, but I don't think that was Ryan's approach either. I just like to be totally sure what people are talking about. Anyway, I agree with you generally, and yet I also agree with…
08 Jul 2010, 13:20
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I agree. Inire's actual role is murky, but it seems likely.…
08 Jul 2010, 13:03
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That is an example of what I was trying to say with my principle of minimal explanation. But to respond, I guess the obvious answer is: to hide the plan from Severian, who migh…
08 Jul 2010, 12:16
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That was never the approach. The approach was to try to explain the passage in a way that added significance, that justified itself.…
08 Jul 2010, 12:13
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You do have the duel with the avern.…
08 Jul 2010, 12:11
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I fear not Hethor's minions.…
08 Jul 2010, 12:06
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Yup. I actually had no idea Fechin was mentioned twice until it was brought up. It's a stumper.…
08 Jul 2010, 12:05
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There needs to be a principle of, I don't know, conservation of explanation or something. And we need to call each other on it. For example, if a mysterious figure gains powers (…
08 Jul 2010, 03:24
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How did Casdoe's husband get there?…
08 Jul 2010, 03:04
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I don''t think any cover story would be needed at all. Do you refer to this: "This isn't the Citadel," I reminded him again. "How did you come to be here, anyway? Did they bring …
08 Jul 2010, 02:57
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Brunie, Jeff is capable of letting me know if I understood him correctly.…
08 Jul 2010, 01:52
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Meaning, returning from the past. Right?…
08 Jul 2010, 01:17
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Excellent wikipasting.…
07 Jul 2010, 23:52
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Nothing at all.…
07 Jul 2010, 23:50
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I know you don't.…
07 Jul 2010, 23:50
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Case in point. I predict that you will continue to make bizarre assertions and never once explain them or explain why we should care.…
07 Jul 2010, 23:49
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If you think you have a theory, stop posting gnomic fragments of thought and lay out your theory.…
07 Jul 2010, 23:16
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Um, yes it is, actually. Unless you can explain how it is that the person not only puts on a mask and changes his clothes but also disguises his voice. Has he learned to control …
07 Jul 2010, 23:15
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Because Wolfe told us how people become curators. Because that system did not exist in the early 20th century.…
07 Jul 2010, 22:51
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You did. But were you finished? How did Rudesind become a curator? --- On Wed, 7/7/10, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote: I thought I'd mentioned Fechin = our Fechin already,…
07 Jul 2010, 21:11
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Yes, it would mean that. So he doesn't want to be Head Curator? --- On Wed, 7/7/10, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote: From: James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> Subject: Re: …
07 Jul 2010, 20:32
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true... So, does someone have a theory he'd like to share? --- On Wed, 7/7/10, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote: By birth perhaps, but not by internal time. Inire made the t…
07 Jul 2010, 20:29
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I don't think you should. Loki had red hair, did he not? --- On Wed, 7/7/10, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote: From: Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> Subject: Re: (…
07 Jul 2010, 20:18
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I see your point, which in fact is a suggestion I made. But that would make them boy time travelers. Which is another comic book series entirely. --- On Wed, 7/7/10, James Wynn <c…
07 Jul 2010, 20:17
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If so, then Rudesind and Inire are both about 20,000 years old. --- On Wed, 7/7/10, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote: I'm a bit lost. Have we actually established WHEN Rud…
07 Jul 2010, 20:09
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I like it. --- On Wed, 7/7/10, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote: From: Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> Subject: (urth) Inire as a hierodule To: urth at lis…
07 Jul 2010, 20:05
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I thought we "knew" that already. ;) --- On Wed, 7/7/10, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote: From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> Subject: Re: (urth) The my…
07 Jul 2010, 20:02
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Exactly. It had occurred to me that Inire, being long-lived, may have had a long childhood. But that would assume his lifespan was normal, which we are told it is not. So, no. What…
07 Jul 2010, 19:59
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So it wasn't a complete waste! ;) --- On Wed, 7/7/10, John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com> wrote: From: John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com> Subject: Re: (urth) The m…
07 Jul 2010, 17:27
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"- Rudesind must be FI in disguise because Fechin is a ranga - but what does that gain us?" No one has made that argument, as far as I can tell As for the (ultimately, failed) theo…
07 Jul 2010, 17:23
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What is that, Adam? It's so familiar, but Google fails me.…
07 Jul 2010, 12:19
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The nose knows.…
07 Jul 2010, 11:55
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I said, "So what"?…
07 Jul 2010, 03:26
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Well done. Could be. Any thoughts on the question of Fechin having painted Inire as a little boy, thus proving that he is Rudesind, who was painted by Fechin as a little boy? T…
07 Jul 2010, 02:32
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That's exactly the Lewis Carroll I had in mind. And yes, when a little girl goes through a looking glass ... it's not a Nabokov reference. Still, there is a sinister touch to The…
07 Jul 2010, 02:27
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Right. Yes, of course it was. So what? Do you actually have any information? We can't know if you don't say what you're talking about---but of course you never do.…
07 Jul 2010, 00:53
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As was mine! I admit; I lied. I WAS being a little facetious. But I really don't think the Founders were concerned about armed white men killing blacks. First, the rhetoric hadn…
07 Jul 2010, 00:27
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Of Brunianism? Very.…
06 Jul 2010, 23:10
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I think a lot of that makes sense. --- On Tue, 7/6/10, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote: From: Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> Subject: (urth) The mystery …
06 Jul 2010, 16:11
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John, all I did was answer Jeff's question.…
06 Jul 2010, 12:44
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That's an assumption many have made. Thecla's story indicates Inire's well-known fondness for and interest in young girls, and the way she says it suggests the kind of matter-of-…
06 Jul 2010, 11:47
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Yes, that's the line. I take that (long limbs) as suggesting height, though not Ultan's great height. Is there anything monkeylike about noses touching chins?…
06 Jul 2010, 11:40
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And the Autarch says he has people on the lookout for him in the House Absolute, just after Rudesind directs him thence.…
05 Jul 2010, 22:31
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I forgot about the second time Rudesind appears, when he says something odd about the painting of Inire, but also that there is a painting of himself. He seems confused and excit…
05 Jul 2010, 19:15
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To be fair, Inire's importance-to-visibility ratio is quite high. That is, for a character so vital to the plot---to the plot, not the story---to be so rarely and only indirectly…
05 Jul 2010, 18:10
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Exactly. That's kind of what I meant: "your" being like "that old" or similar---a folksy storytelling manner of speaking. I'm not sure what part of speech it would be---maybe an …
04 Jul 2010, 19:59
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Half the history of the human race is the history of mob violence. But American race violence worsened through the turn of the 20th century. That's not to say it wasn't an issue …
04 Jul 2010, 18:52
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They certainly do have the effects and functions of real characters. But I was serious when I said I think of them as Lovecraftian horrors. They lurk beyond the edge of the stage…
04 Jul 2010, 13:57
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