dog ape

Andrew Mason · 07 Dec 2010, 22:24 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:24:42 +0000
Subject: (urth) dog ape
Message-ID: <AANLkTimsY2n512-UAmWo_35trP2X6Xk0==hnFrqT+tNn at mail.gmail.com>

Lee Berman wrote:
>
>>Andrew Mason: It isn't just that it can make human vocalisations; it clearly means what it says
>>(as does Oreb). Both seem to have an intelligence which is sub-human but very real.
>
> I don't remember the cynocephalus making any noise. It just seems to look in on Severian then
> leave. There are revelations about Oreb at the end of RttWhorl which do involve the limits on
> its intelligence, I think

Sorry, I was too condensed;  no, the cynocephalus doesn't speak. Jane
said a dog-headed ape was more surprising than an ape that can speak
(the catachrest), and that's what I was commenting on.

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