Urth-Earth links

Lee Berman · 20 Oct 2011, 01:38 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:38:21 -0400
Subject: (urth) Urth-Earth links
Message-ID: <SNT123-W19A1994AC9F9DCE4ADD0FACFEB0 at phx.gbl>

>Jeff Wilson: How is the analeptic use any worse than any other organ donation? Do you
>hold with Christian Science or Jehova's Witnesses?

As I see it the difference lies in that there is no consciousness in a liver or cornea. 

If a head transplant or brain transplant seems rather horrible, a partial version of that

as alzabo/autarch analeptic is, seems partly horrible.

When Severian discusses the topic with Ultan, he notes that Ultan gets a pretty disgusting

look of greedy desire on his face in considering the possibility of eating the bodies of

certain old masters and sharing their memories. I really don't think WOlfe intends this 

process to be considered a positive thing. Just like cloning, he explores the idea but

within the context of horror. (and WOlfe openly owns to appreciating and having an 

intentional element of horror literature in many of his stories).

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