Subject: Re: Wolfe's "New Sun": Severian Unmasked! (Massive Spoiler!)

From: Kevin J. Maroney <kevin at crossover.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 19:07:25 +0000

pat at cooky.demon.co.uk (Pat McMurray) wrote:
>Aha! That was John Clute writing in his book "Strokes" published by
>Serconia Press in 1988. 

Specifically, Clute explains that the Autarch is Catherine the Weal.  When
Wolfe was asked if Clute was correct, his only response was, "John Clute is
a very clever man."

Kevin J. Maroney