Severian as a student

Tony Ellis · 04 Jun 2008, 13:53 · from 2008-June.txt.gz

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From: tonyellis69 at btopenworld.com (Tony Ellis)
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:53:22 +0100
Subject: (urth) Severian as a student
Message-ID: <9a33123d0806040653i1bc32368i344261c13d9f64d7 at mail.gmail.com>

Roy C Lackey wrote:
> The doeskin/manskin pouch thing is not as easily dismissed as most of the
> other mistakes. Doeskin and manskin have very different connotations. It is
> almost impossible for me to believe that Wolfe made that mistake. It is
> almost equally difficult for me to believe that dear Dorcas would sew a
> pouch made from human skin to house the most celebrated religious icon on
> the planet.

For what it's worth, speaking as a copy editor I have absolutely no
problem believing Wolfe could have made that mistake. Writers make all
sorts of mistakes, and one I regularly see is the accidental
substitution of one word for another that apparently sparked some of
the same synapses in the author's brain.

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