Hut/Ultan's Library/Catherine

Jeff Wilson · 06 Apr 2009, 02:44 · from 2009-April.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:44:46 -0500
Subject: (urth) Hut/Ultan's Library/Catherine
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b sharp wrote:
> I've always wondered about why Severian sees the face of the dark haired,
> pale gown wearing corpse from the Necropolis grave in Ultan's face. 
> Ultan really likes the idea of eating the dead and that's what 
> Vodalus and his followers did with that corpse. 

Whoa there: Ultan really likes sharing the thoughts of famous 
historians, but doesn't seem to be eager to do the necessary cannibalism.

> Jeff Wilson's reminder of the 49 floors of the Library allows me to consider
> that the Path Of Air leads to an upper floor of the Library.  This could allow
> for the connection between Ultan and the mysterious dark haired woman. 

Don't the Vodalarii in the forest mention that the previous meal was a 
lesbian? That would seem to disqualify her from most family trees and 
rule out life experiences more noteworthy than homosexuality, or they'd 
refer to her as a time traveler or a fallen courtier rather than a 
tribadist.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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