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Roy, et al, thanks for addressing the questions, and thanks for providing relevant quotes. Roy, yes, that was the thrust of my question, but it was curiosity, not something to pro…
15 Oct 2008, 22:48
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That makes a lot of sense as to why it is always Thecla and not the other memory characters we notice.…
14 Oct 2008, 22:50
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Sure, it would seem that everyone he absorbed, via Thecla or Autarch is capable of coloring his memory. I'm curious if anyone has identified other instances of this.…
14 Oct 2008, 21:26
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I suppose it's because of stream of consciousness, symbol association. He's got her memory from the corpse eating, and because he can't forget, her memories just mingle in with his…
14 Oct 2008, 17:02
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I've come to agree with this perspective. However, if there are other such sentances in the first two books, I must have missed them. Has anyone another such example?…
14 Oct 2008, 16:58
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Fair enough. it's just an idle observation. but I'm not sure it's an "extra" sephiroth. I've seen literature that compares that position on the tree to the Hidden Imam and to Chris…
13 Oct 2008, 21:11
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Thanks for that Mathew. great interview. very helpful The bit about the Big Gnab has personal significance to me. I've always believed that the big bang and big gnab were the same …
13 Oct 2008, 18:51
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Thanks. I was pretty sure I couldn't be considered Catholic based on a baptism as an infant.…
10 Oct 2008, 17:13
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Good stuff. I think this stuff is ALL double-edged swords. "The son of witz is most interested in the religious resonance of New Sun" I suppose I should clarify that I'm intere…
10 Oct 2008, 16:50
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RE: the Avern, The Flower of Dissolution: The Avern is a symbol of the Conciliator, of Severian. (as well as the other Death/ Underworld meanings it carries. Quote "They had a st…
09 Oct 2008, 23:33
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Try that again without all the typos from my HTML editor. also: I started posting as Bennewitz but found too much coming into that account. re: Terminus Est & Baldanders My frie…
09 Oct 2008, 23:19
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re: Terminus Est & Baldanders My friend was telling me he saw Baldanders as a man of science trying to become TheNew Sun by his arts. I didn't understand that at first, but I thin…
09 Oct 2008, 23:14
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