a false coin

Son of Witz · 03 Jan 2011, 17:33 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:33:45 -0800
Subject: (urth) a false coin
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On Jan 3, 2011, at 8:17 AM, "Adam Thornton (IO)" <adam at io.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 07:35:39 -0800 (PST), Marc Aramini
> <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Does that fake coin imply the situation of the sun is a conjuror's trick
>> at best, serving a false master and killing an innocent man to pillage
> the
>> remains of Urth?  (ie - is the situation of the fake coin in parrallel
> with
>> the future sun of Urth and the ambiguous Vodalus, what was his title?
> Liege
>> of Leaves?)  Does Sev's musings on the necessity of the high and the
> low at
>> the end of Citadel work against the result in Urth of the New Sun where
>> high and low together are wiped out?
> 
> A slightly more hopeful reading would be more along the lines of "we
> become what we imitate."
> 
> Adam
> _______________________________________________
> 

Flato recently answered my "What the hell is the purpose of the false coin." question pretty well, I think.

Severian has blasted through oaths and alegiences as he "backed inyo the throne." The false coin comes to light when he is Autarch. It is a reminder that the Autarchy itself is false gold, ie, being Autarch is not the big goal for Severian. 

Works well.

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