Father Inire: teratoid

Ryan Dunn · 16 Dec 2010, 19:06 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:06:28 -0500
Subject: (urth) Father Inire: teratoid
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On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Lee Berman wrote:

> I think all alien glyphs in the story are meant by Wolfe to be incomprehensible and meaningless 
> to human beings. That includes us, the readers. I consider Severian's meager interpretation of the 
> alien symbols he sees to be the best he can do to add HIS meaning to them.

Really? I thought the opposite. I thought all things Severian cannot comprehend and perceives as arcane things were likely, usually, things common to our world, with no better example than the portrait of the astronaut in the pinakotheken.

...ryan

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