Got a spare grand-and-half?

Son of Witz · 02 Dec 2008, 00:26 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:26:15 +0000
Subject: (urth) Got a spare grand-and-half?
Message-ID: <W7746713142115041228177575@webmail37>

>Well, I think that at various times we've all missed the New Sun boat
>in one way or another. I don't think any of the illustrations conform
>to my view of Urth, though "Leaving Nessus" isn't too bad (though the
>city is too futuristic by far). I think the biggest failure is the
>"floating city", which I take it is Preuss' illustration of the
>Pelerine's "cathedral".
>
>Like you said, I could nitpick for hours, but won't.
>
>By not showing much of Severian, and never showing him in decent
>light, Preuss did at least solve the vexed problem of Sev's chest
>hair...
>
>-Matt

Lol. Well avoided.
though he did avoid the fuligin along with it. 
and yeah, the Floating City is the most "off" thing there I think.

I'm just a picky bastard I guess.
~witz

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