Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org · 04 Jun 2010, 09:36 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:36:13 -0400
Subject: (urth) Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe
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Talos remarks upon it when it occurs.

He is an educated homunculus.

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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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