So who is the child in Baldander's bed? [was: Juturna, the Missing Sister]

Adam Thornton · 29 Jul 2010, 13:04 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:04:37 -0500
Subject: (urth) So who is the child in Baldander's bed? [was: Juturna,
 the Missing Sister]
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On 07/29/2010 03:11 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> l So the fact that the child appears to be retarded doesn't 
> necessarily mean anything. Perhaps Baldanders has started the 
> modifications earlier on his son/replacement, or perhaps Baldanders 
> started like this too.
Doesn't Severian think Baldanders is simple for a while?

Also: does "fuel" count as "catamite"?  My reading of the child is that 
he's not there for Baldanders' *sexual* satisfaction, but because 
Baldanders extends his youth by chowing down on his young self-clones' 
(if that's
  what they are) pineal glands, or slowly drinking their blood, or 
something.  Maybe "battery" or "spare parts" is more accurate than "fuel."

Adam

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