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Is there another term for boiled leather that can be linked to a named character? I don't know; I'm asking. Both have dark eyes and Sev has dark hair, but Sev has very pale skin, …
31 Jul 2005, 21:00
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Re. the confabulation of Kypris, Hyacinth, Mamelta and the woman in Silk's death vision who was his biological mother: While it's true that Kypris said that Hy looked much like sh…
28 Jul 2005, 12:31
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The four people Silk saw in his vision during his brief 'death' in the tunnel collapse were, first, his mother, the woman who carried his embryo to term and raised him, the woman h…
27 Jul 2005, 21:02
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I passed along the recent queries about LEXICON URTHUS to the author. Here is what he had to say: *************************************************** *****************************…
22 Jul 2005, 10:44
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I hadn't read the story before, but now that I have I agree that the correspondence with TWK is striking. Still, I don't believe the works are related; that is, I don't believe the…
20 Jul 2005, 21:52
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I hope my comments weren't misconstrued. I was expressing chagrin over the theory, which I later recanted. See here: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0207/1485.txt.shtml -Roy…
01 Jul 2005, 11:30
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That's been brought up here before. By me, I'm afraid, a long time ago. But at least it didn't involve clones. <g> -Roy…
30 Jun 2005, 21:23
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This is old hat, but the first sentence of the book lets you know Weer is dead. That is, you know he's dead if you remember Mrs. Porter's hobby and that her maiden name was Bold. T…
29 Jun 2005, 22:30
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No, it wasn't a defense; I don't need one. I was demonstrating your propensity for reading things into the written word that simply aren't there. I in no way misrepresented the tex…
29 Jun 2005, 00:33
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Crush wrote (of me): Do you also stand by this (to Chris)? [snip] I ask, because you put that phrase in quotes, and went on to add: Neither Chris nor anyone else wrote it, at l…
28 Jun 2005, 01:33
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Hardly. Silkhorn did not deny that "Pas intended to rule Blue in person", as you claimed. That statement says no such thing, exactly or otherwise. The statement purports to expres…
25 Jun 2005, 21:05
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I'm not sure what the point of that last statement was, but that's not quite what is said. I'm not going to quote it all; readers can read it for themselves, pages 361-362. In shor…
24 Jun 2005, 23:30
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I've pointed this out before, though it keeps being ignored -- perhaps because it plays hell with all sorts of beloved theories, but the textual fact of the matter is that Typhon's…
24 Jun 2005, 13:10
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Pas in Oreb? I don't think so. That was Scylla. (RTTW, 348) -Roy…
24 Jun 2005, 13:06
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Dear Mr. Millman, Thank you for saving me the trouble. I only wish more people read so carefully. -Roy…
23 Jun 2005, 23:30
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I think you must have meant "carry Typhon's very face back to _Urth_". In any event, I never claimed that Silk was a clone of Typhon, as the previously referenced post and others f…
23 Jun 2005, 00:57
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Logically, there is no reason not to. In fact, they did make a new eidolon again when Sev died back in Apu's era. Venant's death was also logically meaningless; if the Hierogrammat…
09 Apr 2005, 23:52
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Yes, that is the implication, and Wolfe obviously intended it be read that way. I was aware of Apheta's statement of probability. But Tzadkiel (who outranks her [g] ), is unequivoc…
08 Apr 2005, 13:12
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I made a mistake in that quotation. This line should read: "The Hierodules they have found too, . . ." not Sorry. -Roy…
06 Apr 2005, 21:26
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It's true that the H's were shaped by man; it's also true that the H's were doing unto man what had been done unto them. Man usurped the prerogative of the Increate, a great wrong,…
06 Apr 2005, 13:12
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Now imagine that we have more than 20/20 hindsight, because we operate on a different plane of existance than the creatures that we are gradually manipulating.<< ------------------…
05 Apr 2005, 23:22
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We three seem to be in agreement that mankind was being punished. The difference is in the interpretation of the punishment. You see the punishment as being the wounding of the sun…
02 Apr 2005, 01:00
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You're right. I realized that after I posted. I guess I have a problem with the basic concept of things existing before they are even created; but that's just me, I suppose. Still,…
01 Apr 2005, 00:10
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It's not that clear cut. In URTH Sev says that "in a previous manvantara" the Hieros shaped the Hierogrammates. (137) But in the chapter "The Key to the Universe" in CITADEL (too m…
31 Mar 2005, 12:37
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Agreed. Maybe Wolfe placed the Sun cycle in a previous universe in an attempt to dodge the problem presented by the Incarnation that I mentioned. But both Newton and Einstein woul…
31 Mar 2005, 00:11
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Perhaps not; but my point in the above excerpt was to maintain that, from one end of the Judeo-Christian spectrum to the other, from the Old Testament to the New, the world we live…
31 Mar 2005, 00:10
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As I've said earlier, the destruction of Urth was largely a symbolic punishment; symbolic because Urth was man's ancestral birthplace, and mankind was dispersed too far and wide in…
28 Mar 2005, 21:32
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As with much else in Wolfe, it is largely inferred. The quote about "The death agonies of the world you know will be offered to the Increate" implies that the Hierogrammates have, …
26 Mar 2005, 00:11
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You're really reaching now. You know perfectly well that Typhon established his Second Empire before he even came to Urth; that the _Whorl_ was built and stocked _after_ he came to…
25 Mar 2005, 01:05
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Crush, arguing with Tony: You forget that Typhon "once ruled this planet, and many more." (SWORD, p.-188) The survival of humanity does not depend on what happens on Urth, as I'v…
23 Mar 2005, 23:07
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----------------------------------------------- "'Oh, son . . .' "It was a peasant woman. I had seen many fairer, though she was fair. "'You are my son.' "I knew tha…
25 Feb 2005, 00:29
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Well, Kieran wanted to discuss TWK, so here goes. Andrew Bollen, back on Jan. 7&9, wrote about Mag and her sons; those interested might want to look back at those posts. I agree w…
23 Feb 2005, 00:25
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What can I say? I stand by my original statement. Stone Ox gave you the pertinent quote. It comes from page 384 of EXODUS FROM THE LONG SUN, Tor, Hardback, First Edition: November …
22 Feb 2005, 22:09
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No, no. Sinew was conceived in the Calde's Palace on the _Whorl_. (EXODUS, 384) Marrow had nothing to do with it. -Roy…
21 Feb 2005, 22:46
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Yes, I've read it, but I'm somewhat biased. Here's a link to another opinion, a sample from the book, a review and the publisher. http://www.siriusfiction.com/ -Roy…
26 Jan 2005, 21:42
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Hey Ori, It's been years. Welcome back! -Roy…
12 Jan 2005, 21:20
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In LEXICON URTHUS, under the entry for "Magic in the Urth Cycle", Michael Andre-Driussi writes: --------------------------------------------- [t]here is no "magic" in the Urth Cycl…
07 Dec 2004, 22:11
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Just so. And Wolfe goes out of his way to make Apheta and her kind have no tongues. In Chapter XIX, aptly named "Silence", Apheta says: --------------------------------------------…
06 Dec 2004, 22:14
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--------------------------------------------------------- "Let me explain before we argue again. I hurt you. It is my right and duty to correct and chastise. Then I had joy of it.…
04 Dec 2004, 15:45
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I meant, of course, "His _conscience_ bothered him." Sheesh. -Roy…
04 Dec 2004, 09:39
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Sidestepping the dubious notion that chems were "implanted" with the brain scans of particular human beings, let us look at another example of machine-based autonomous entities in …
04 Dec 2004, 01:01
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Crush queried: Yes. Ignore the book covers. I don't remember Horn's hair color, but it isn't white. This is what Horn looked like when he began his quest (It is, of course, Silkho…
06 Oct 2004, 22:42
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Okay, I'll bite. Which of the previous autarchs was Severian, and when? If you're referring to the "first Severian" scenario outlined by Sev on p.270 of CITADEL, that doesn't coun…
04 Oct 2004, 22:24
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If you're looking for internal inconsistencies in the Urth Cycle, here's another. Aquastor Malrubius told Sev, "If you pass -- if our race is judged ready to reenter the wide seas …
04 Oct 2004, 21:58
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In the early hours of Severian's autarchy he was told by the aquastor Malrubius that his immediate predecessor, the Old Autarch Appian, had been the only ruler since the first aut…
03 Oct 2004, 23:39
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No, no. The flood is world-wide. That's the whole point of it. As Tzadkiel said to Severian: "You are the New Sun. You will be returned to your Urth, and the White Fountain will g…
27 Sep 2004, 20:39
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Pursuant to Jeffrey Lefstin's "Valeria = Urth" post of 9/4/04, a few related thoughts. I, for one, have long wondered about the identity of the "assassin" whose body Severian stum…
21 Sep 2004, 21:34
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Last month mantis suggested that the reason Typhon built the _Whorl_ was as a hedge against the possible failure of his plans for a new empire. Maybe so. Over the years there have …
08 Sep 2003, 05:48
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[snip] If Typhon never lost consciousness during the operation, then I could agree. But I think it's almost 100% certain that he lost consciousness at some point, if not from anes…
07 Sep 2003, 05:13
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The most obvious analogy (but one which can't be ignored, given the title word "Exodus"), is with Aaron and Moses. The _Whorl_ was launched a thousand years before Sev was born. H…
06 Sep 2003, 15:46
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