Wolfe's "New Sun": Severian Unmasked!

Pat McMurray · 23 Sep 1995, 17:55 · from sf-lovers.1995.mbox

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From: pat at cooky.demon.co.uk (Pat McMurray)
Subject: Re: Wolfe's "New Sun": Severian Unmasked!
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 17:55:42 +0000
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manderse at nmsu.edu (Mark Andersen) wrote:
>Who do you believe was Severian's mother? I read a good argument once
>(can't remember where offhand) to the effect that his mother was the
>Autarch.

Aha! That was John Clute writing in his book "Strokes" published by
Serconia Press in 1988. This is a closely reasoned, very convincing
argument - however I have heard the theory's been repudiated by Gene Wolfe.
This is third hand news at best, from sources I'd believe reliable, so take
it as you will.

Pat

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