Speaking of Art..

Lee Berman · 05 Jan 2011, 14:04 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 09:04:22 -0500
Subject: (urth) Speaking of Art..
Message-ID: <SNT123-W420B0034D3C70AF7C37394CF090 at phx.gbl>

>aaron: Have any of you guys or girls ever seen a picture of Gene Wolfe as a young
>man?  I have (saw a wedding photo on Google books a couple years back), and
>it seems to me that his description of Severian could've just as easily
>described himself as a young man.  It would also be another case of Wolfe
>placing himself in one of his stories.

I think you are right. Without having seen that photo, I've always assumed Severian
resembled Gene Wolfe as a younger guy. Supporting evidence is that Number Five (whose
name is Gene Wolfe) resembles Severian. (also, Phaedria from 5HoC resembles Thecla in 
hair color, widow's peak and violet eyes; who might she "be"?).

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