Latro

Dan Rabin · 14 Nov 2006, 22:30 · from 2006-November.txt.gz

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From: wolfe-lists at danrabin.com (Dan Rabin)
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:30:15 -0800
Subject: (urth) Latro
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At 1:50 AM -0600 11/14/06, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>Dan Rabin wrote:
>
>>  This fits the general pattern of inversions between the two series,
>>  but also solves a technical problem: the construction of Latro's
>>  situation makes foreshadowing within the body of the novels
>>  immpossible, so the "translator" can plant a bit in the forewords.
>
>since the actual author isn't amnesiac, I don't see how this is a problem.

I meant that Latro, not Wolfe, can't foreshadow the way Severian can. 
It is true, as I guess you're suggesting, that nothing prevents Wolfe 
from injecting foreshadowing into the utterances and actions of 
others as reported by Latro.  Indeed, Wolfe has gods, oracles, and 
seers do precisely this.

   -- Dan Rabin

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