Alien Monsters

David Stockhoff · 06 Aug 2010, 16:28 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:28:29 -0400
Subject: (urth) Alien Monsters
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I agree. Severian obeys when he can. He's neither a rebel nor an 
automaton; the fact that Vodalus had his sympathies merely means that he 
thinks about morality. What thinking young man wouldn't want to 
overthrow the existing order in that world?

Nor does he follow Vodalus' orders blindly, but only because the alzabo 
made him.

He also lies and rapes, but in situations where he may perhaps be forgiven.

Nicholas wrote:
> I call bull crap. Severian lives most of his adult life following rules and only breaks them under the severest of duress. The first example is his first girlfriend being tortured to death. The second is what the community views as his aunt is ordered executed by strangulation for not loving her psycopathic husband and after Sevs had a blow out with his second girlfriend/mother. Both can be seen as Sevs development of higher loyalties. Despite that he feels bad about both. Can we have Brunians back now? His sort of crazy was at least humorous.
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