Pike's ghost

Gerry Quinn · 30 Nov 2011, 21:10 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:10:15 -0000
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
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From: Larry Miller 

> Thank you Lee for pointing out that the memories Severian inherited
> from the previous Autarchs make no mention of the Mandragora.
Or of any of the many other things he found in his quarters.  They were, however, the quarters of earlier Autarchs, even though they had not been used for centuries.
- Gerry Quinn


> On 11/30/11, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was aware of these meanings and always found them applicable. The little
> > guy in the jar
> > probably was used as a consultant. But by whom? Which "sorcerer"?
> > Severian's autarchial
> > memories make no mention of the Mandragora to him. Perhaps the Mandragora
> > predates the
> > autarchs.
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