For Jerry- a response

maa32 · 27 Feb 2002, 04:42 · from urth-v0202.mbox · original

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) For Jerry- a response
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:42:14 -0700
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Jerry, The quote you bring up keeps emphasizing how old and ancient the wor=
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around the red star is.  The distance is one of time.  The present tense=20
refers to the transtemporal nature of Silk's gift (and Severian's - a thous=
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ages in his sight are like an evening gone).  God is outside of time.  The=20
distance for him is no more real than one of space.  The ancient and old=20
images imply that it is from a long, long time ago.  The distance is real=20
because the universe has moved so much since then.  It was a long way away =
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space and time, but Silk can travel there because he moves through time, li=
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the song of the mother is a song of time, as he claims that the only way to=
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back in time is through dreams, as he claims that his travels are dreams, e=
tc.
 That's the best I can do.
Marc Aramini

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