Spiritual and Ecological Succession

Gerry Quinn · 12 Jan 2011, 02:06 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:06:11 -0000
Subject: (urth) Spiritual and Ecological Succession
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From: "Lee Berman" <severiansola at hotmail.com>
>
> > We have forests on Lune but no apparent civilization remaining.
>
>>Jane Delawney: (in UOTNS) The sailors have a proverb regarding the bad 
>>luck incurred if
>>one kills a Port o'Lune man. That's about the only reference in the text
>>to doings on Lune.
>
> That sounds familiar Jane, thanks for reminding. Perhaps I should have 
> said "no apparent
> civilization during Severian's (normal lifetime) era."
>
> I would guess the black hole in the sun that makes life difficult on Urth 
> would make it
> even tougher on Lune and Verthandi, ending civiliation there. (of course 
> Skuld (venus)
> might be a more hospitable place..but that would mess up the story).

If Lune is still green with plant life, presumably civilisation is 
sustainable there also.

- Gerry Quinn

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