More lies

Kevin J. Maroney · 08 Nov 1999, 18:16 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at crossover.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) More lies
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:16:57
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At 04:49 PM 11/8/99 -0600, Roy wrote:
>Now, these are just a few examples I stumbled across without really trying,
>where Sev is either lying for no good reason that I can see, or, more like=
ly
>(unless Wolfe is sloppier than I believe), where Wolfe is showing the read=
er
>that Sev's memory is less than perfect--or both.

Or that Severian slips up. Remember that his memory is not perfectly
organized; he describes in some detail the difficult process by which he
reconstructs his memories. Even if his memory is perfect in the way he
describes, it would not function in such a way as to protect him from
misstatements like those you listed.=20

Still, that's an interesting list.=20
Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at crossover.com
Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/nyrsf/nyrsf.html

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