The Cumaean

Jerry Friedman · 09 May 2013, 03:21 · from 2013-May.txt.gz

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From: jerry_friedman at yahoo.com (Jerry Friedman)
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 20:21:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) The Cumaean
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From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson at clueland.com>
On Wed, May 8, 2013 09:10, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
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>>>Moreover, I had previously wondered how Severian bringing a flood could
>>> vanquish ocean-dwelling giant creatures.
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>Aside from the New Sun's light illuminating the depths, floods are never
>permanent, and whenever people survive to view the aftermath of the
>deluge, they see all sorts of unknown creatures beached inland, left
>behind by the receding waters. When continents founder even Leviathan may
>be left high and dry.

I thought the flood brought by the New Sun was caused by the melting of ice caps, which would make it permanent till the climate cooled again.? Am I remembering wrong?

Jerry Friedman

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