Is Agia a Robot?

David Stockhoff · 18 Jun 2010, 16:45 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:45:50 -0400
Subject: (urth) Is Agia a Robot?
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It would be typical of Wolfe to hint that two characters are the same, 
then stamp NOT THE SAME on them, and then make the explanation for why 
they are the same anyway be the essence and purpose of the character.

Riddle: "I am a hottie who can change her eye color. What am I?"

I'd guess she can change her sex, too. Why build a sexbot that is only 
one gender? How inefficient. Could she not then also make herself 
resemble someone? A recent post commented that Agilus would have been 
bankrupted by purchasing a sexbot that looked like him. But that's not 
the only possible explanation.

Perhaps the sex doll found a protector in Agilus, as Severian actually 
states, then made herself look like Agilus because that's what he's into.

Do we have a theory?

Ryan Dunn wrote:
> "She was of average height, with a short nose, wide cheekbones, and the elongated brown eyes that often accompany them."
>
> .
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> "With her upturned nose and strangely tilted eyes, she looked so much like her brother I felt sure they were twins, but the slender figure and delicate features that seemed incongruent in him were compelling in her."
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> (SotT, various)
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> .
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> I always pictured her as Asian. Consistent with the 80's sex doll subculture, I guess.
>
> ...ryan
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> On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:54 AM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
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>   
>> What color are Agia's eyes?
>>
>> Are her hands ever mentioned?
>>     
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