Hethor

m.driussi · 16 Mar 1998, 15:01 · from urth-v0008.mbox · original

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From: m.driussi at genie.geis.com
Subject: (urth) Hethor
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 98 15:01:00 GMT
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
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Reply:  Item #5234791 from URTH at LISTS.BEST.COM@INET03#

alga,

Re: OXFORD BOOK OF SAINTS, yes, I remembered your practice of judging
a reference book by its index (or lack thereof) and muttered an oath
against OBOS for not having an index and not being adequately
cross-referenced--"Savas (Sabas)" has no pointer at "Sabas," for
example.

But otherwise, a lot of this stuff is in the Lexicon, under "Hethor."
(The main clue that "Hethor" is not his true name is given point
blank by Agia; but yes, you are right that the rules of Wolfean
naming provide corroboration--I hadn't thought of that before.)

=3Dmantis=3D

P.S. Hethor's most lucid babbling happens within a dream of
Severian's rather than in waking action.

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