This week in Google Alerts

Ryan Dunn · 01 Nov 2011, 12:23 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 08:23:24 -0400
Subject: (urth) This week in Google Alerts
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Correct me if I am wrong, but Severian states that there is a cyclical nature to the universe, with each cycle a refinement of its predecessor, though nearly identical.

...ryan


On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
>> Matt Keeley: The happy reviewer of Shadow states that Urth is "clearly" part of Earth's
>> future. When was this list last so sure of anything about a Wolfe book?
> 
> Hm..I haven't seen anyone debate that the story is set in S. America for a while. That
> had been an early debate here.
> 
> But, didn't we all think Urth was the future of Earth at one time? I think it would be
> difficult to consider that Urth is a parallel and future version of Earth without 
> exposure to the debates here and the Wolfe interview quotes.
> 
> (FWIW, I think the S. America conclusion supports the parallel Urth idea. It isn't easy to
> consider a geologic upheaval that could move the Andes from the west side to the east side 
> of the continent while leaving Lake Titicaca and its floating islands intact.)                           
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