Father Inire/Paleamon

larry miller · 22 Oct 2011, 00:56 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: biglar1984 at gmail.com (larry miller)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:56:56 -0400
Subject: (urth) Father Inire/Paleamon
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I do remember reading something about a Paleamon/Ossipago connection.
Something to do with Sev never seeing Ossipagos eyes.  I always
thought that Ossipago was a robot.  His name if Im not mistaken means
grower of bone or calcium if you like.  This certainly fits with
Wolfes naming strategum for Chems.

On 10/21/11, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:27 PM, larry miller <biglar1984 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Did anybody on here ever consider a connection between Inire and
>> Paleamon?  Paleamons face is always obscured by his goggles and his
>> name is one of saintly and mythic origins.  I would even go so far as
>> to say that there are two Paleamons.  The original human one who
>> himself was exiled and the alien one (Inire?) who replaced him to keep
>> watch over Sev and guide him to his eventual destiny.  There are many
>> mysteries regarding the old torturer (why was he exiled?  How did he
>> aquire Terminus Est? Etc.) that I think Wolfe wants us to puzzle out.
>> Any thoughts?
>
> I was under the impression Palaemon was potentially Ossipago. Some have made
> a case for:
>
> Inire is Shaman is Ossipago is Boatman is Fechin is Hethor is...
>
> Why I like Inire as playing the part of many characters is that it pairs
> well with the structure of characters in a play, a theme we see throughout
> the books.
>
> And I am a sucker for the idea of Inire (father) playing a supervisory,
> escort sort of role in the Severian experiment, until they get it right and
> save the planet, universe, et al.
>
> ...ryan
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