Wall of Nessus

David Stockhoff · 14 Jun 2010, 11:58 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:58:56 -0400
Subject: (urth) Wall of Nessus
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But that's in Severian's time.

Roy C. Lackey wrote:
> Okay so far. The Citadel was built to defend against the people. But that
> doesn't explain the Wall. In Severian's time, most of the Commonwealth's
> population seems to live *inside* the area circumscribed by the Wall.
> Uncounted millions, anyway, so clearly the Wall was not intended to keep the
> people away from the rulers in the Citadel at the center of the circular
> walled city. It was intended to keep something *out* of the city.
>
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