Father Inire - Hethor

Andrew Mason · 20 Oct 2011, 19:08 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:08:00 +0100
Subject: (urth) Father Inire - Hethor
Message-ID: <CAM3O41Jc_dcRj9h=GjnEkuMnYzUiagYCJfiQbok1+25k4FY3CA at mail.gmail.com>

Gerry Quinn wrote:

> My theory is that Wolfe always hides things in plain sight. ?We may be told things in passing, and miss them through not paying sufficient attention ? but we are told all important plot elements.

I agree in principle, but his idea of telling us may not be ours. He
thinks he told us that Pike was Blood's father. I suspect he thinks he
has told us that Merryn is Severian's sister. Given that, it's not too
implausible that he thinks he has told us that Isangoma is Inire.

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