Wall of Nessus

Josh Caswell · 11 Jun 2010, 08:09 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jandcaswell at gmail.com (Josh Caswell)
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:09:25 -0400
Subject: (urth) Wall of Nessus
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> But those all have plot functions - The Wall is just a Big Dumb Object.
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Well let's face it this is Wolfe we are talking about, perhaps it is just a
metaphor to show the separation of Nessus (and by that measure Severian)
from the rest of Urth as all the scattered places are separated from one
another.  I doubt he just meant it to be there just to be there.
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