"My father's mounted guard"

Roy C. Lackey · 15 Oct 2008, 05:02 · from 2008-October.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:02:19 -0500
Subject: (urth) "My father's mounted guard"
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John Watkins wrote:
> Second, regardless of when Severian-the-character becomes threefold,
> Severian-the-writer is threefold all along.  Now, presumably, he can
> perfectly recall being just one person, or just two, but other
> evidence suggests that he doesn't have perfect control of his
> personae. Is there a point at which the old Autarch asserts himself?

After the fall on the Ship that killed Severian, URTH, Chapter IX, p-65:

"The old Autarch, who lived in my mind but seldom spoke, muttered through my
swollen lips. '_Find another_....'"

-Roy

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