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Crush notes: : While both T. and B. are cast from their towers by Severian, how oh how are they the same person? Or do you mean only thematically?: Teflon responds: Speaking for…
08 Sep 2003, 00:29
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:What two people, who are in some sense the same person, are the Old Sun?: Interesting question. I tend to think Typhon and Baldanders (rather than Abaia, who is unseen). Teflon…
06 Sep 2003, 23:07
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I don't believe Tzadkiel travels via a solar sail, but through a principle similar to Father Inire's mirrors (which, not incidentally, Severian compares the "sails" to during his w…
16 Aug 2003, 16:55
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The larger question is why Severian needs a book at all when he's got a photographic memory. One reading should be sufficient. Teflon93…
07 Aug 2003, 19:09
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I've always wondered myself if Severian's commentary on his memory wasn't a grim joke regarding the infallibility of the Autarch. There are certainly gaps in Severian's narrative …
09 Jul 2003, 01:12
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Don wrote: I can't help but think of the way that Krait in SS is essentially Sinew. Is Quetzal also Silk? Or even Typhon? ('"You thought me dead when I was only dry"' Sword p.137…
09 Mar 2003, 04:14
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Actually, I just happened to have read it. It's called "Straw", from Storeys from the Old Hotel, about what would happen had the hot air balloon been invented in 500 AD. -----Orig…
20 Feb 2003, 02:05
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Mantis- I read TAD a little differently. I ascribe women's hatred of the dolls to hatred of competition. In Otherworld, competition is literally killer. In our world, a woman t…
26 Jan 2003, 17:51
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Avoid Solaris (2002) like the plague--- it is nothing more than a 2-hr Yanni video with intermittent shots of George Clooney's buttocks.…
21 Jan 2003, 05:12
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Chris wrote: Re: "No, no, NO, GREEN is Urth", I thought I'd add this on (from the joke angle), though it's not much of a joke unless you're an engineer. In various types of power c…
05 Jan 2003, 04:53
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James Wynn wrote: I will say this: It has always bothered me that Typhon didn't recognize Severian since from Typhon's perspective, it had only been a short time since he saw the …
03 Jan 2003, 17:22
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Marc- Thanks for removing the veil so we can discuss this. I look forward to the posts to follow. :When asked "Does the narrator travel through the white fountain in the short s…
24 Dec 2002, 00:02
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I just finished reading There Are Doors. I found it to be pretty mundane until experiencing the usual Wolfean epiphany late, which of course makes me want to reread the whole thin…
20 Dec 2002, 01:45
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: Second, I assert that my arguments -- that Quetzal was on Urth and manipulated Typhon to start the Whorl project -- is textually supported. Quetzal is *clearly* (clear to me anyw…
27 Nov 2002, 01:32
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: I challenge the supporters of the "Blue = Ushas" theory to come up with a good and reasonable explanation of why they wind up in Severian's time. I offer extra credit if it does…
27 Nov 2002, 01:24
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To your point, Ryan, Silk lamented at one point that the inhumi were merely a reflection of those on whom they feed, not evil in and of themselves, and that were humans better peop…
17 Nov 2002, 17:38
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Mantis wrote: Weer confronts Lou Gold, then Sherry makes her visit. Sherry speaks of her "magic ring," and aside from the link to the title of this message (the spooky link betwe…
30 Oct 2002, 03:53
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Thanks for your reply, Mantis. I thoroughly enjoyed GURPS New Sun, btw. [snip] Mantis wrote: In the AD 2274 timeframe, all the Americans have died out. Throughout PEACE there is…
22 Oct 2002, 00:23
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