An Old mystery ...

Jordon Flato · 04 Dec 2008, 21:19 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: jordonflato at gmail.com (Jordon Flato)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:19:41 -0800
Subject: (urth) An Old mystery ...
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Ah.  I'm currently re-reading Urth, so I'll look for that.  Maybe, then,
that is evidence that it's the Increates will at work after all, since that
seems to be the future Sev has helped to create, despite the Hirogrammates
aims, but I'll comment more (maybe!) when I've finished the read.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:14 PM, John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 12/4/08, Jordon Flato <jordonflato at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > But the direction the world is
> > headed in New Sun is not good.  So, a return to paradise is needed.  And
> > look what becomes of it.  A peaceful society that breeds the Green Man, a
> > race completely at harmony with it's environment.  Isn't that the 'good
> > thing' in the ultimate sense that you are looking for?  Or is the world
> of
> > Master Ash, where mankind has scattered again to the stars (those that
> could
> > be evacuated) and the world left to die in ice.  That is the alternative
> to
> > the Flood.  We see that future, and it is horrific.
> >
> > The future of the Green Man IS the textual evidence of the goodness of
> the
> > flood, in my opinion.
>
> There's a bit at the end of Urth that strongly implies that the future
> the Hierogrammates are aiming for is not the Green Man's future.  I
> don't think the Green Man is a midpoint between Severian's people and
> reengineered Hieros.
>
>
> > >
> > >
> > > I'll just reply to Son of Witz here as well:  if the Sun was dying for
> > > natural causes, or because of the actions of Typhon, and if there was
> > > no feasible way to evacuate Urth to other settled planets, and the
> > > destruction of Urth was the only way to cause this "long term
> > > resurrection," then I would agree that it is a "good thing" in the
> > > ultimate sense, and the casualties are unfortunately necessary.
> > >
> > > But we know, textually, that the Hierogrammates are behind the dying
> > > Sun, that there are other settled planets, and that evacuation was
> > > feasible.  The difference between an airlift and the flooding, other
> > > than the millions (billions?) of lives saved, is that it wouldn't
> > > advance the Hierogrammates' eugenic agenda.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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