Wolfe's "New Sun": Severian Unmasked! (Massive Spoiler!)
The SF-Lovers list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 25 Sep 1995
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Kevin J. Maroney — 25 Sep 1995, 19:07

> 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

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