Horn runs through other versions of Silk's story (Horn's is The Book of the Long Sun, commonly known as The Book of Silk). One he mentions that he hasn't read was written by a man in the city of Urbasecundus, in English "Second City." Now, what large city with that sobriquet does Wolfe live near?
(I've read two chapters and already have several mysteries to think about, and at least one from tBotLS elucidated -- more on that later.)
--Dave Lebling
(aka vizcacha)
*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.