Severian raising the the uhlan, Zama

Maclean Jessica · 22 Apr 2007, 21:36 · from 2007-April.txt.gz

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From: Jessica.Maclean at nzpost.co.nz (Maclean Jessica)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:36:59 +1200
Subject: (urth) Severian raising the the uhlan, Zama
Message-ID: <1A905D5AFFFCE14BA291E0BB8D0A65BF04D10373 at WDCNTEXVS01.corporate.nzpost.co.nz>

Hello all

As a new member, I apologise if this subject is old hat- I did trawl
through the archives but couldn't find a reference. I was thinking about
Severian resurrecting the uhlan, Zama, and Miles. It seems to me that
when Severian raises the dead he is recreating the person in his mind
somehow- therefore when he resurrects Zama and the uhlan, because he
doesn't know anything about them, they do not appear to know much about
themselves. 

When Sev raises Miles, he had Jonas in his mind at the time... which I
think allowed Jonas to hitch a ride, as it were.

Also, regarding Dr Talos's play "Eschatology and Genesis" - the title is
a direct reference to the Bible, which starts with Genesis and ends in
Revelations (which is a form of eschatology). To me it suggests that the
Bible itself could be started with Revelations (the eschatology) first,
then on to Genesis and the start of the next cycle, which is an
interesting take. Of course Wolfe is too clever to merely incorporate
one "world's beginning" tradition hence the incorporation of the
Sumerian and Persian elements. I wonder if this is Wolfe's way of saying
that all those legends, myths etc are different versions of the same
event...

Thoughts, comments? :-) 

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