flying ship

Tony Ellis · 05 Dec 2007, 16:44 · from 2007-December.txt.gz

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From: tonyellis69 at btopenworld.com (Tony Ellis)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:44:05 +0000
Subject: (urth) flying ship
Message-ID: <9a33123d0712050844y7dd0b57p9000ec1564f07449 at mail.gmail.com>

Jeff Wilson wrote:
>However, a symbol has to be recognized and properly identified in order
>to convey the intended meaning. I suppose the symbolism could be
>intended solely for the reader and have no valid context in the
>fictional setting but I think most of his readers would agree Wolfe is a
>bit more careful than that.

The symbolism does have a valid context in the fictional setting.
Severian, a character in the fiction, has chosen these symbols. The
fact that other people won't recognise the meaning of one of them is
irrelevant. He's under no obligation to create a coat of arms that
makes sense to anyone but himself.

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