The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned byRudesind

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:44:12 -0400
Subject: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned
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Also - and this is in fact esoteric knowledge - children of incest have
interesting abilities.

The children of sibling incest, for instance, are royal, with all that
implies.

The children of cross generational incest have other abilities.

The problem is that you people announce that you don't believe this and
you don't believe that and then you ask those of us who do believe this
and that to account for ourselves.

You guys can and should pay specific attention to the space where my left
testicle used to be when you kiss my ass.

.

>   From: James Wynn
>
>   What's the narrative advantage of Dorcas being Severian's grandmother
>
> It creates verisimiltude at least; Severian can raise the dead, but he
> does not walk around surrounded by a crowd of newly raised returnees.  Yet
> how would he discover he can raise the dead, if it does not happen?  The
> answer is that he inadvertently gets put in a place/position where he
> spontaneously raises one close to him.
>
> I don't think it is vital or necessarily even important to the overall
> story that Dorcas is his grandmother.
>
> - Gerry Quinn
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