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    "id": 4092,
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    "first": "2003-07-14T02:51:32+00:00",
    "last": "2003-07-14T02:51:32+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0307-3670@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Andrew Bollen",
        "address": "abollen at internode.on.net"
      },
      "date": "2003-07-14T02:51:32+00:00",
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          "text": "Crush responds:\nAs a believer that the discrepancies are intentional, I see their\ntriviality\nas exemplary of Wolfe's subtlety in dealing with an unreliable narrator."
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          "depth": 0,
          "text": "If"
        },
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          "text": "the discrepancies had been of weight, then they would have looked to be\nmost\nlikely intentional on Severian's part -- i.e. *lies\". Since they are\ntrivial, they can only be errors in memory (assuming they aren't typos)."
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          "text": "Fair point. But the Marble/Mint error you mention IMO supports my position.\nThat was the same kind of thing as Roy raised - Drotte-Roche etc - and\narguably bigger, since Drotte & Roche were less significant characters than\nthe Mayteras. As you say, the best way to resolve it would be if GW were to\ncomment, but going by history, some people might just assume he's being\nenigmatic or prevaricating, no matter what he says :).\n\nAlso - what would be the narrative point of Sev having a false belief in his\nown perfect memory? If the intention were to cast ambiguity over everything\nhe says, then it seems too weak to have only examples of fairly trivial\nrecollection errors - does it matter to the story if he actually doesn't\nhave perfect memory for detail; would it really cast doubt on his account of\nlarger things? I'd expect there to be at least one substantial example, even\nif it were Wolfishly hidden & scattered in 5 holographic parts over 3\nvolumes.\n\nMaybe there is!"
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