Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe

Jeff Wilson · 04 Jun 2010, 08:45 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:45:47 -0500
Subject: (urth) Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe
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On 6/4/2010 3:32 AM, Tim O'Donnell wrote:
> linear and future events influence past events.  The legend of
> Baldanders and his doctor ripple through time to inspire our own Dr
> Frankenstein.  A stone dropped in a pond sends ripples in all directions
> and I believe the analogy holds here; time is not linear and immutable
> but elastic and intertwined.  As things such as Christianity exist in
> our universe and have such a strong influence they can (and in my
> opinion do) send ripples of influence to Severian - wherever he is placed.

What makes the ripples from the Frankenstein stone stand out from all 
the rest?

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