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Marc, I have the utmost respect for Roy and his lupine knowledge. I call him a "skeptic" because of the more recent years of his contribution here, which is to jump in only when th…
30 Dec 2010, 16:53
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I am not nearly as familiar with Long/Short Sun as with BotNS and don't feel ready with answers for this question. But I did mention to James on the subject, that Vadsig is possess…
30 Dec 2010, 16:17
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I think it is worth asking. Tzadkiel's Ship seems to travel the length of the universe to get to its end and on to the higher one. I think most would agree the Whorl doesn't do thi…
30 Dec 2010, 16:06
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That's because Hercules and Gilgamesh are stories from earth's past, before science was invented. Severian is on Urth, which is probably not even our universe. Also, Hercules and G…
30 Dec 2010, 12:53
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James, we may still disagree on Aunt Jeannine's assessment of whether abos retain their imitative abilities while in human guise, but that was a truly impressive display of knowled…
30 Dec 2010, 12:21
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Not even EVEN! In Urth's Antarctica there is still some water and land around. In BotNS Ragnarok, not only are the oceans completely frozen solid but so is Urth's atmosphere. I da…
30 Dec 2010, 12:07
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As discussed with David Stockhoff, the fish theme is not purely demonic. There is the suggestion that Jurturna and her father-husband are fallen but of the same stock as the angel…
30 Dec 2010, 09:16
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I think you are right on track Jordon. What bothers many about my view of BotNS is that it involves Severian being the product of alien/fallen angel types and humans mating. Too Cr…
30 Dec 2010, 08:59
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You are on the right track Gerry, but veer off with the idea of what is "fundamental". In SotT, Severian and Dorcas discuss the "keys to the universe". In fiction, as has been di…
30 Dec 2010, 01:34
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Heh. Yep and great example Jordon as Gilgamesh is almost certainly an example of what the Hebrews would call Nephilim. A giant demon-spawn serving as a hero to foreigners. (anthr…
30 Dec 2010, 01:00
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Yes, Gerry. Ignore the words and pay attention only to numbers. Evidence is meaningless unless quantifiable. "One surviving world" implies there was one and only one world. Just pr…
30 Dec 2010, 00:53
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Why not one of the 100+ Flood myths listed at this site: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html Gerry's question was answered at the level in which it was asked. Rui…
30 Dec 2010, 00:43
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Yes, sorry if I overstated the connection. I don't really think Shadow Children are literally the same as Inhumi. They are only thematically very similar. Once Wolfe was asked if …
29 Dec 2010, 23:31
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Seems like almost all you do is assert that various interpretations of the book must be wrong. If we follow that trajectory, all interpretations are wrong and the book is meaningle…
29 Dec 2010, 23:17
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Yes, it does.…
29 Dec 2010, 23:09
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Yes. The phrase "one surviving world" should inspire the question of why the other world(s) did not survive rather than be reduced to a simplistic count of one.…
29 Dec 2010, 23:07
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James it is interesting. We are seeing the same connection between Shadow Children and Inhumi but in reversed perspective. Sainte Anne/St. Croix is the home planetary system of Sh…
29 Dec 2010, 19:41
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I think I'm currently having a disturbing crisis of faith and I think Marc Aramini is mostly to blame (heh). I am not much of a fan of horror stories. I can take a short story or …
29 Dec 2010, 19:10
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James I think this objection is entirely to the point....but ONLY if this is our earth, our universe. And I know that is your interpretation. So I can see why it doesn't work for y…
29 Dec 2010, 18:43
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This is to be understood, if you've had a modern Christian upbringing. "I read it before I could read" has interesting connotations. I had a similar conversation with James Jordan …
28 Dec 2010, 22:43
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On this I must cite direct text as evidence: Thus inhumi on Urth, dream-travel be damned, cannot be perfect imitations of humans. They have the ability to shift back to their…
28 Dec 2010, 22:14
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I'm afraid it is probably a vain hope. One interviewer had the cheek to ask Gene Wolfe how long he thought or hoped his books would be read. And Gene Wolfe actually had an answer: …
28 Dec 2010, 20:44
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I think you are exactly on target with this, Jordon. Fomalhaut and Pisces imply there is some- thing fishy going on there...heh...well, maybe just something oceanic? Probably both.…
28 Dec 2010, 20:41
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It seems to me that we do. Jahlee and...can't remember the one who looks like a little bald guy. And both of them want to do one thing on Urth- mate with humans. It seems like ther…
28 Dec 2010, 18:38
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Antonio Pedro Marques: >Besides the fact that it is *the* probable way a travel powered by the This seems right to me. I can't imagine checking star charts and making careful m…
28 Dec 2010, 17:50
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Hm. Things are spiralling out of control here. I guess the connection could be a mirror though I was thinking more along the lines of a permanent dream-travel connection (in contra…
28 Dec 2010, 17:31
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Marc, first let me say that I agree with your approach. Wolfe creates Labryinths, not wide open worlds. When we turn a corner of the maze and see a "character" that resembles ano…
28 Dec 2010, 13:24
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Heh. What? Noooo! But does ask an interesting question. Did Blue/Green's sun ever have a black hole in it? Here is an abbreviated version of my suggestion. The words of Duko Rigo…
28 Dec 2010, 03:58
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I hate to be a repeater, but did you catch my possible re-interpretation of Marc's theory? I thought it had merit but perhaps it was ignored because it didn't. Or perhaps it was j…
27 Dec 2010, 23:27
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Hm. I already mentioned the ruins beneath Blue's Ocean. And I have long thought the "Accepted Lupine Gospel" was on the wrong track with regard to the eclipse ("Tzadkiel's Ship ca…
27 Dec 2010, 18:41
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Heh, what futher explanation could one need! Interestingly, I find the same two pithy summations to be true for Frank Herbert and the Dune series (I may be alone in considering t…
27 Dec 2010, 17:10
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I'm not too good at such things but I think I've heard 300 mile estimates. Our moon is 2160 miles in diameter. Moreover, Lune is still in the sky during Severian's time on Urth so …
27 Dec 2010, 12:05
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There are ruins to be found below the water's surface on Blue. To me, this implies that Blue has had a Flood. This suggests they had a similar problem to the one Urth had/has which…
26 Dec 2010, 16:43
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As Roy so nicely pointed out, the quote I posted was from James Jordan portion of the triumvirate, not poor Nick who was perhaps unfairly blasted, heh heh. Might not matter so muc…
26 Dec 2010, 11:37
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Well for me that is exactly the point. There IS no mention of why there is the need for judgement, what the basis for that judgment is, how Severian is tested, how he passes the te…
26 Dec 2010, 03:12
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“This DONT PAY ATTENTION TO MY WORDS is specifically LINKED TO SETTING. We have to ask ourselves, I find it a pretty compelling argument Marc. In part because I find that Gen…
25 Dec 2010, 09:43
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Thanks to all for the Holiday Greetings! Witz, this reminds me that I've been operating on a few assumptions about Ushas which may need to be questioned. I'm thinking you are sa…
25 Dec 2010, 07:53
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Gerry Quinn: [in regard to Abaia, Erebus and scylla] Who said they died anyway? Well, I've already posted how the caloyer of Saltus predicted their "withering" at the coming of …
24 Dec 2010, 17:40
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Gerry, once again I won't pretend to understand the basis of your probability estimates. Treating fiction like a scientific assessment seems to miss the point. I suspect you are no…
24 Dec 2010, 17:17
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Well, this is an offshoot topic from the initial subject. Why dwell upon it exclusively? What about the primary subject, that being the question of the connection between a star ca…
24 Dec 2010, 14:17
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A multi-part question. I think you are on the right track. Yes, if HOrn, armed with sword and a light, invokes Severian and the Sewer invokes Urth then the blind, old guy invokes …
24 Dec 2010, 04:52
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Well, yes, what I mean is that by pointing out ambiguities you feel you are disproving theories or weakening them perhaps. If self-contradiction really bothers you so much I can…
24 Dec 2010, 04:17
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That was in regard to monster sea creatures but there is their heavenly mirror images, also. Apheta does not have a name, until she meets Severian and needs one. She is a larva. …
23 Dec 2010, 22:54
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Aw Gerry, I can't believe you said that. Next you will tell me that the USA and UK were in grave danger of being invaded by Afghanistan and Iraq? ;= ). (When I say "pointless" I m…
23 Dec 2010, 22:45
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Not just possible it IS ambiguous. That is the point. WOlfe CAN'T be too clear in descriptions of god-like beings.If they were clear, they wouldn't be god-like. Is it really impor…
23 Dec 2010, 22:07
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Well, maybe I could add a little more. There is the parallel of the flooding of the Vincula to consider. Perhaps it was David with whom I discussed that parallel earlier? But the…
23 Dec 2010, 21:26
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I would add that, like Severian, Horn in the Sewer on Green is, like Severian, not only armed with a sword but a light. Other than that, Marc, I think you have nailed it to a T.…
23 Dec 2010, 20:32
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For me, the meanings are pretty clear. The words are spoken on Blue so there is only one sea goddess he can mean. The "feignings of the sea goddess" refers to the female figure …
23 Dec 2010, 20:22
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Mount Erebus is a (earth) volcano in Antarctica and iirc, the god/demon Erebus is said to dwell in that location on Urth. Abaia is frequently associated with the ocean or sea or pe…
23 Dec 2010, 20:02
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Heh, Antonio I'm afraid I was among the confused people after reading your post. Two completely unfamiliar terms. A bit of Googling informed me that a parallelepipede is what I'd …
23 Dec 2010, 17:18
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