Stephanides, Questor

Tony Ellis · 11 Feb 1999, 09:51 · from urth-v0023.mbox · original

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From: "Tony Ellis" <tony.ellis at futurenet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (urth) Stephanides, Questor
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:51:07 +0000
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Mantis wrote:

> Adam said:

...

> Question 2: "I remain an agnostic about the existence of Severian1,
> as I said on the Urth list.  But if he did exist, and did go to
> Yesod, take the test and fail, why did he fail?

Why assume that Severian1 failed the test?

What "our" Severian tells us is that the first Severian went to Yesod, but =
did not
return, becoming instead a traveller of the corridors of time. Since "our" =
Severian
only gained this power as a consequence of becoming the New Sun, doesn't th=
at
suggest that Severian1 became the New Sun too? That's how I've always read =
it.

Or am I missing something (again)?

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