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Jeff Wilson · 02 Jul 2008, 07:10 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:10:33 -0500
Subject: (urth) (no subject)
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b sharp wrote:
> Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> Sev's movements in the Houses seem to be under manipulation by Inire, 
>> for example the forced perspective room covered by the drop-down 
>> painting is explicitly his work. It's possible he similarly employs 
>> transcendent doorways that are only there in order to steer Severian 
>> over long distances, and would not necessarily be available for anyone's 
>> use.
> 
> Jeff, you could be right.  Perhaps the principle goes so far that there is nothing
> accidental in the whole of the story of Severian's life.  But it seems to me there
> are unplanned events happening.  For me it seems Wolfe specifically tells us that
> Father Inire's transport may often be used without New Sun purpose, examples being:
> Severian and Jonas finding and using the mirror room, Severian talking about the many
>  trysts etc. through the years in the Secret House and the presence of The Assassin. 

How are "Sev and Jonas" not a New Sun purpose?

The trysts can use "normal" secret passageways and such; that there are 
so many makes it easy for Inire to park his portals out of the way where 
  they remain unmolested until a pawn directs Sev toward one of them, or 
it might even be some "real fake" chicanery like a moving room.

I don't see anything special about The Assassin. They could have been 
anyone sent at any earlier time who upon gathering most of their wits 
post-resurrection continues with their mission and attacks the person on 
the throne from behind.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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