Boatman as Inire

Roy C. Lackey · 08 Aug 2010, 17:36 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:36:39 -0500
Subject: (urth) Boatman as Inire
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Lee Berman wrote:
[snip]
> So, yeah, if everything else, B, F and O, The Conciliator, Ushas, Juturna,
Apu Punchau, etc.,
> in UotNS refers back to  the first four books, what does the the evolution
and shape shifting
> of shaggy blob apport, to monkey-like thing to Zak, to Tzadkiel, male and
female refer back to?

Exactly that -- to the evolution of the Hierogrammates outlined in "The Key
to the Universe" chapter in CITADEL. On the Ship, Severian was shown some of
the stages of unnatural selection imposed by the Hieros on some lowly
creature that eventually resulted in Tzadkiel's kind.

-Roy

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