Severian as a student

Adam Thornton · 05 Jun 2008, 01:24 · from 2008-June.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:24:13 -0500
Subject: (urth) Severian as a student
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On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:11 PM, John Smith wrote:

>
> It's interesting that the people of Urth find nothing
> strange about using human skin as a fabric.   Does
> this simply reflect the poverty of a society that is
> running out of energy and resources?   Or is it more
> of a comment on  the immorality of a society that
> treats people as things?

Oh, much more the second, I think.

Of course, it's not entirely unknown as a bookbinding even on plain  
old Earth.

Adam

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