Boatman as Inire

Gerry Quinn · 07 Aug 2010, 20:04 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 21:04:36 +0100
Subject: (urth) Boatman as Inire
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  From: John Watkins 

  Off the cuff, to me, it suggests that Erebus is part of Severian's family tree in some sense, possibly metaphorical.  The boatman, I think we agree, is Dorcas's husband and therefore likely Severian's grandfather and Ouen's father.  

Maybe Severian has time travelling sperm, and is his own grandfather ;-)

- Gerry Quinn
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