Which character from BotNS do you identify with most?

Paul B · 02 Aug 2010, 19:14 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: pb.stuff at gmail.com (Paul B)
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:14:18 -0400
Subject: (urth) Which character from BotNS do you identify with most?
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As for choosing a role, Autarch is a pretty obviously pleasant one it
seems.  Especially if one is more of a "caretaker" Autarch rather than one
who goes to trial at Yesod.  A "self-ruler", as it were, with pretty much
absolute freedom and future-tech luxury, with at worst some potential
assassins to contend with.
Which actually raises a curious point: is it purely by chance that no
Autarch has ever been killed before passing on the contents of his brain?
It would seem like an assassin would kill him too quickly for the Autarch to
explain the rather unexpected task his killer faces.

Paul

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Jack Smith <jack.smith.1946 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think I always identify with the main character of a novel, especially if
> the main character is also the narrator.   But identifying with Severian is
> too obvious and boring.   So I'll answer a slightly different question:
>  "Which character would you like to be, if you could choose to live on
> Urth?"
>
> I would want to be Dr. Talos.  He gets to exercise his creativity by
> writing and staging his play.  He lives on his own terms and by his own
> wits.  Baldanders may be his master, but Talos is a valuable expert, not a
> lackey.   On the other hand, he's not really human...
>
> Best wishes,
> Jack
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:
>
>> Courtesy Josh, but an exercise to consider, and got me to thinking...
>>
>> "Which character in TBoTNS do you identify with and why?"
>>
>> I'll go first. I most identify with DROTTE, because I have functioned as a
>> leader most of my life, from being the oldest child in a single-parent
>> family to creative directing teams of people as a professional and
>> everywhere in-between. But of course there are other leaders in this story,
>> and I'm not prepared to identify with Severian that much. And Vodalus is
>> above my pay grade.
>>
>> So I consider my style of leadership more akin to Drotte's, meaning a good
>> balance of sarcasm and honesty, and a knack of garnering an understated
>> respect from those around and beneath you.
>>
>> ...ryan
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> --
> Best wishes,
> Jack
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