Severians Later Appearance (Spoilers)

Dave Tallman · 15 Jan 2010, 15:26 · from 2010-January.txt.gz

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From: davetallman at msn.com (Dave Tallman)
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:26:04 -0700
Subject: (urth) Severians Later Appearance (Spoilers)
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James Wynn wrote:
> Severian thought the Rajan was Malrubius (Silk and Malrubius did both
> had eyesight issues), and Silk thought the Rajan was Patera Pike (IMO
> the description of events of the night "Pike's Ghost" appears leaves
> no other explanation).
>   
I absolutely agree about the explanation of the "ghost of Patera Pike," 
but Pike need not be another clone for this to work. Silk saw the older 
astral-projected Silk only briefly, under a single light at the top of 
the stairs, and from bottom to top as he came up the stairs. The calotte 
seems to have been eye-concealing under these lighting conditions. (Silk 
selected the calotte for his burglary at Blood's because it would 
"supply a certain concealment" even if his straw hat blew off).

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