Rudesind / Inire / Lunar Picture

Ryan Dunn · 27 Jul 2010, 15:06 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:06:15 -0400
Subject: (urth) Rudesind / Inire / Lunar Picture
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On Jul 27, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Jerry Friedman wrote:

>> This use of "your" is common in Ireland, and has almost certainly been
>> so for generations.. A very common version is "your man" meaning "that
>> man", as in "[Do you] see your man over there?".

There is another line of thought that by Rudesind calling it "your blue Urth," he may be foreshadowing that Severian will soon rule the world itself.

Just a thought. It would mean he is in collusion with Inire, and it also reenforces the Severian prior being a wanderer of the corridor of time. Later in the story, doesn't he tell Rudesind to give his future self directions to the library if he comes by? If so, might that not be Rudesind relaying a message to a younger Severian, who was Autarch?

...ryan

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