Close reading: Torturer chapter I

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 05 Sep 2006, 20:14 · from 2006-September.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:14:39 -0700
Subject: (urth) Close reading: Torturer chapter I
In-Reply-To: <000a01c6d124$cd603520$8d3ec6d8 at rclackey.stic.net>
References: <000a01c6d124$cd603520$8d3ec6d8 at rclackey.stic.net>
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On 9/5/06, Roy C. Lackey <rclackey at stic.net> wrote:
> Severian and his pals were swimming in the Gyoll, so the weather was still
> warm enough for swimming. As b sharp recently noted, "It is icy winter when
> Severian encounters Triskele and Valeria."
>
> Sev was outside trying to unclog a frozen drain pipe the day he found
> Triskele. The dog ran away a week later, and Sev met Valeria. There was snow
> on the ground that day. It was winter when Sev had the dog. There is no way
> that Sev went swimming that week, and there is no indication in IGJ that it
> was winter when Silkhorn saw the dog.

... so ... IGJ can't be reconciled with SotT at all?

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