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António Pedro Marques · 07 Jul 2010, 21:18 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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James Wynn wrote (07-07-2010 22:13):
>
>> But *if* Wolfe had written Superman and the etxt didn't show Superman and
>> Clark were the same guy, our speculation that they might be *would*
>> lead to
>> a richer reading. We would postulate they were the same guy because that
>> would take the story to a whole new level, not because of some esoteric
>> motivation for weaving the alter ego theme into it.
>>
>> Whereas no one has yet explained just what the
>> considering-that-some-characters-in-the-BNS-are-Inire brings to the
>> table.
>> Lee points to it enlightening Inire's nature and motivations, but I find
>> that sketchy. Could your camp do some more sketching, perhaps?
>
> What's the narrative advantage of Dorcas being Severian's grandmother?

I'm not talking about narrative advantage. I'm talking about speculative 
advantage.

And as a side note I'm against the idea of narrative advantage. I don't see 
that real life employs it, why should fiction?

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