Sleeping Baldanders

Son of Witz · 29 Dec 2008, 17:27 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:27:43 -0800
Subject: (urth) Sleeping Baldanders
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On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:39 AM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

>> I'm wondering about the short section in Chapter XV ("Baldanders"),  
>> in
>> which Baldanders seems to be talking in his sleep.  Severian is  
>> half awake
>> and responding to what he thinks Baldanders is saying.  Any  
>> thoughts on
>> what's really going on there?
>>
>> Baldanders says four things: (1) Never."  (2) "Baldanders."  (3)
>> "You--strike off."  (4) "Tomorrow, then."
>>
>> The scene is obviously meant to accomplish something, but I can't  
>> figure
>> out what.  Severian's answers simply recap things that have already  
>> been
>> established, but I can't believe Wolfe just wanted to make sure we  
>> knew
>> that Severian had been tossed out of the guild and is headed toward  
>> Thrax,
>> or whatever.  So, any ideas?
>
> He wanted to make sure we knew that Baldanders knew.


Knew that he was the New Sun to be?

something like
(you, the New Sun) "Never"
(the New Sun will be ) "Baldanders"
"You--strike off." (Get the hell out of here)
"Tomorrow, then." (we will dispute this another day)


something like that?

~witz

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