Severian's Family

Roy C. Lackey · 10 Jul 2008, 19:16 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:16:44 -0500
Subject: (urth) Severian's Family
Message-ID: <000a01c8e2c1$812af220$47d04a0c at rclackey.stic.net>

O'Donnell, Tim (BOSI) wrote:
>>There is also the suggestion that Severian may be his own grandfather (the
rush basket Dorcas has with her when Severian meets her for the last time)
though this is not as strong.<<

I'm afraid I am the one who came up with that theory. I later recanted,
largely because of the time element. It was only about six months between
Severian's first and last sighting of her, and I wouldn't stoop to using
time travel to make up the difference. <g>

-Roy

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