Question about Ossipago

Daniel Fusch · 18 Oct 1999, 01:47 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: "Daniel Fusch" <dfusch at hotmail.com>
Subject: (urth) Question about Ossipago
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 18:47:19 PDT
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Hello!

I also have a question about Ossipago, come to think of it. Can the reader=20
intuit from reading The Book of the New Sun that Ossipago is a robot? If=20
not, then it seems very unlike Gene Wolfe to throw that tidbit of=20
information out there (in "Urth"), where the reader need not reach for it.=20
That takes away half the fun!

On the other hand, it may be that the reader IS able to deduce it from hint=
s=20
dropped in "Book," but I missed the hints. I remember reading that=20
Ossipago's joints did not match those of a human--but does this imply that=20
he is mechanical in nature?

Any thoughts?

Daniel Fusch

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