The Beast from Severian's dream

Gerry Quinn · 02 Aug 2014, 11:43 · from 2014-August.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 12:43:30 +0100
Subject: (urth) The Beast from Severian's dream
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On 01/08/2014 12:42, marcobadie at katamail.com wrote:
>
> I have posted on Facebook an image from a cover of Le Scienze (italian 
> version of Scientific American), painting the winged beast depicted at 
> Chapter XV of The Shadow of the Torturer: Baldanders. It's for an 
> article on pterosaurs; please, note that the largest of pterosaurs 
> was*_QUETZAL_*coatlus northropi: wingspan 10--11 m (33--36 ft).
>
> This is the link: 
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=498029966987233&set=a.498029900320573.1073741827.100003407033067&type=1&theater
>
>
The scene definitely has a Wolfean look to it!

- Gerry Quinn
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