The Morality of the Hierogrammates

brunians at brunians.org · 23 Jul 2007, 22:13 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:13:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) The Morality of the Hierogrammates
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> I recently read the archive discussion about the theodicean aspect of
> BotNS,
> and the morality and necessity of the flood that accompanies the new sun.
> One thing struck me, and if it's old hat, then I've not been thorough
> enough
> in reading the archives.  That thing is the precipitous pace of the flood,
> which apparently takes Urth in a matter of days and surprises those at the
> House Absolute by the time that Severian shows up.  A flood of Biblical
> proportions, if you will.
>
> Now, one thing that has been jokingly asked of that one, can be seriously
> asked of this: where does the water come from?

The continents are drowned, new continents rise where the oceans are, the
oceans move around. No new water required.


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