Wolfe as Cyby

Jim Henley · 05 Nov 1999, 22:30 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: "Jim Henley" <jlhenley at erols.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) Re: Wolfe as Cyby
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 22:30:00
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: urth-errors at lists.best.com [mailto:urth-errors at lists.best.com]On
> Behalf Of Robert Borski
>
> The mystery figure here, of course, is Ouen, Severian's father.
> Other than the thinness, I believe it still describes how GW looks.

That's sort of saying "other than the blood" when comparing something to
the Battle of Antietam . . .

<gdr>


Jim
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