light and displacement: Fr. Inire

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) light and displacement: Fr. Inire
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:18:41 -0700
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All right, here is one more interesting thing I think that we should consid=
er.
 In the chapter entitled Father Inire's mirrors in Shadow of the Torturer, =
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properties of light are discussed:
"Since nothing can exceed the speed of light in our universe, the accelerat=
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light leaves it and enters another.  When it slows again, it re-enters ours=
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naturally at another placee" 129, Shadow and claw
It goes on to say that this light will create something there if nothing wa=
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there to begin with. =20
Could this reconcile in the Lupine universe how the red light from the old =
sun=20
of Urth could be seen in the sky of Blue, where one of the big objections t=
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them being the same place is that the light of the old sun can be seen on=20
Blue?
Remember that the mirrors also tend to have time bending properties.

Also, I was just looking over the chapter when Agia and Severian enter the=20
jungle in the botanic garden.  There is a big tree with a liana on it, and=20
Severian names the tree.  What does the name mean?  (I only have access to =
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book for a few seconds during the day to garner quotes; some guy has borrow=
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it from me and I see him for about thirty minutes once a day) and it is whe=
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that jungle hut shows up.  It is odd that the hut made of vines seems to=20
parallel the mating ceremonies of the inhumu.  What is the name of that tre=
e? =20
It is in Latin, it starts with a C.  I should have written it down.  I'll h=
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access to it tomorrow morning briefly to look it up.  but it could be the b=
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trees on lune.  That would be neat. =20
Marc

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