The Ascian's Shadow

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 02 Aug 2002, 19:02 · from urth-v0208.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) The Ascian's Shadow
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:02:13 -0700
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I observed that=20

> > But _the_ shadow of _the_ torturer (not _some_ shadow of _some_
torturer)
> > does not fall upon them; they are not touched by the salvation Severian
> > is to bring.

> Neither are 99.9% of the Commonwealth's population. =20

Again, so much for universalism. But at least _some_ are.

> And do we know that no Ascians survived?=20

Mere survival is not the "salvation" I referred to; it is
the regeneration of humanity which (according to the Hieros)
will ultimately lead Urth-humans back to the stars. It=20
begins not with Severian's bringing the New Sun, but with
his ascending the throne (and, I think, its overt sign is
his abolishing torture).

--Blattid

--=20

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