Severian and the corridor of time.

Jeff Wilson · 04 Aug 2010, 17:10 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:10:56 -0500
Subject: (urth) Severian and the corridor of time.
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On 8/3/2010 8:24 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> Maybe he skidded past the exact point where the light reaches Urth,
> because he was going so fast.

Like a ship running aground, sure. His desperation of his existence as 
the destroyer of Urth may have given him some extra heedless speed until 
he overshoots the early end of the White Fountain's light and is 
deposited on the pampas early Incan or pre-Incan pampas.

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