Is Agia a Robot?

David Stockhoff · 18 Jun 2010, 22:04 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:04:12 -0400
Subject: (urth) Is Agia a Robot?
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Yeah, I remember them ...

But I wonder if Agia, whether flesh or not, is one of them.

Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 6/18/2010 3:05 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> Yep. Hethor presents the reader with a clear mystery which Severian does
>> not solve, but he does present us with lots of information about other,
>> seemingly unrelated people and events. The trick is to match the clues
>> to the mystery.
>>
>> Hethor's motives are pretty important to Shadow and Agia figures in
>> those motives. She uses Hethor to attack Severian. She's not just a
>> shopkeeper's brother.
>>
>> I recall a passage of UotNS in which an unnamed small female person
>> attacks Severian on the Ship, and I could never figure out who that was.
>> Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
>
> Gunnie and Idas attack him, but they're not small.
>

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