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Holy smokes, Witz. I can't believe I never followed up on this before when you tried to point it out. That is incredible incredible stuff! I'll have to see out more!!!!…
13 Dec 2008, 01:06
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I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time this theory has been bandied about, but this sounds pretty much like the cosmology of the New Sun, except it's been posited as reality: …
13 Dec 2008, 00:03
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Sure, I'll grant there is a correspondance there. Hell, I've been arguing for the Christ correspondences while saying it's not a precise fit, so I can't really buck this one! So…
12 Dec 2008, 17:03
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Well, a big big difference here is that I don't see Tzadkiel asking for worship, or denying the Increate, or putting himself in place of the Increate. He acknowledges his nullity …
12 Dec 2008, 00:51
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Which is a nice tie in to Evil Guest, no? I know it's been discussed, but it did seem like an interesting way to maybe talk about the origin of the Megatherians. Except not reall…
09 Dec 2008, 19:45
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I think all of this is further complicated when we get into Short Sun and the Mother, right? I mean, this argues a bit for the extraterrestrial invaders theory, in my book.…
09 Dec 2008, 19:30
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So the big Gnab may just be a horrific extension of the Blue Screen of Death? My guess is that the entire Universe is run on Vista. It would explain a lot in the Urth cycle…
08 Dec 2008, 19:59
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Hmmmm. As to why they would want to stop Severian, I can only think that one of the stated reasons that these massive giants don't just wipe out everyone themselves is that they a…
06 Dec 2008, 00:05
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Ah. I'm currently re-reading Urth, so I'll look for that. Maybe, then, that is evidence that it's the Increates will at work after all, since that seems to be the future Sev has …
04 Dec 2008, 21:19
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Well, the flood of Noah was eugenics too, in a way then. The cultures and peoples of Urth have lost there way in BotNS. They dying sun is a direct reflection (and cause, and ref…
04 Dec 2008, 21:10
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And so I get frustrated when, on this list, many who are not I can totally understand that. I wouldn't say the Christian God is a Monster at all. In fact, I think that, for myse…
04 Dec 2008, 20:37
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Fair enough. But, the end of everything is a limited genocide? I guess you can argue that, but there is always the ever present and tiring argument that the billions of non-Chris…
04 Dec 2008, 20:11
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So, is Christ's Mass Genocide at the second coming not 'Christlike?' I suppose you can argue that there is also the salvation of souls with that Apocolypse as opposed to Urth's. …
04 Dec 2008, 19:55
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Lane, Fabulous stuff. Indeed, the etymology of those terms now seems extremely important. It is easy to say now that resurrected Severian is an Eidolon, and that this happens to …
03 Dec 2008, 00:16
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The Lexicon conflates the two, so I don't know if there is a difference either. The question of consciousness is a good one. I wish I could find that part where Severian ponders …
03 Dec 2008, 00:09
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Well, one of the reasons I like the Eidolon theory (being the below mentioned 'friend') is how it resonates thematically. This would make Severian not bodily resurrected (which he…
02 Dec 2008, 23:46
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I can't find the reference, and therefore am probably completely making up this memory, but I thought I remember someone schooling Severian to the fact that ancient peoples utilize…
01 Dec 2008, 20:53
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I think a clue here is in the Cock and the Angel story. That has always seemed a blatant metaphor for the Hierogrammates (angel), Hierodules (eagle) and the Cock (Humanity). "The…
26 Nov 2008, 17:12
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Whew! I mean, I don't think I would have accepted this even if it were 'common' wisdom, as it seems so far off the mark to me in so many ways. But, I'm glad to know I'm not alon…
26 Nov 2008, 05:28
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SonOfWitz: Do not read this post, it contains spoilers <<The enlightenment of the outsider DOES wind up being a preprogrammed message from Typhon and his mistress Mamelta (like M…
26 Nov 2008, 04:53
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That sounds about right, and from my discussions with SonOfWitz is about where he is too. Funny how bringing in religion tends to add layers of confusion to discussions.…
25 Nov 2008, 06:08
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This whole discussion is of course, completely problematic. I mean, IF we're tying up correlations here, Christ couldn't have existed in Sev's or Urth's world, as the second comin…
24 Nov 2008, 23:25
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I have a feeling this has been beaten to death in posts I haven't yet read from years past, but the wiping out of nearly all life on earth has been something undertaken by the Incr…
21 Nov 2008, 21:32
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Oh, one last thing I think is important (until the next thing): You said in your post that On a semantic level, I think it's actually important to reverse that and say that the C…
21 Nov 2008, 20:23
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Well, you're welcome! I'm positively giddy at the realization that you still have Long Sun and Short Sun ahead of you! In terms of the timelines/Loops/Amphisbaena...I think it d…
21 Nov 2008, 19:32
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I'm a long time Lurker/first time poster, so, I'll begin with the requisite apologies for form here. I beg forgiveness in advance. I can claim responsibility for unleashing SonOfW…
21 Nov 2008, 18:41
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