Resurrections

Jeff Wilson · 01 Aug 2010, 04:09 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:09:58 -0500
Subject: (urth) Resurrections
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On 7/31/2010 1:36 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> Thecla and Severian, in Severian, experience a rapture that is
> specifically compared to the local version of "heaven." It is temporary,
> of course, but it is not presented as false.

That's still subject to Severian's bias. Beccan's lingering imprint was 
also happy at being reunited with his daughter, and was eager to have 
the rest of the family join them in the beast's belly. With Severian's 
vivid recall magnifying that induced sense of well-being and compoudning 
it with his natural joy at what he takes as reunion with his first love, 
with no immediate downside, it is not surprising he records it as 
rapturous.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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