A new mystery ...

Roy C. Lackey · 02 Dec 2008, 20:59 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:59:13 -0600
Subject: (urth) A new mystery ...
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David Stockhoff wrote:
> Does anyone know whose body Severian took over after he fell from a
> great height inside the sailship?

It was a new aquastor body made by the Hierogrammates.

> And is it this body which writes the first three books? I would assume
> this must be.

No. The first four books were written by the body that became autarch. The
fifth book was written by the body created by the Hierodules B, F, & O in
Apu's tomb, in the fifth book.

-Roy

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