The "Alzabo"

C R Culver · 24 Mar 1998, 21:06 · from urth-v0008.mbox · original

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From: C R Culver <CRCulver at aol.com>
Subject: (urth) The "Alzabo"
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:06:42 EST
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Rostrum said:
>So we could still save the idea if the autarch's alzabo is
more powerful, so that autarchs always have the experience that Severian on=
ly
has with Thecla because of his perfect memory.<

The autarch mentions he has a pharmacon *similar* to the alzabo, but not the
same. No doubt it was much more effective to bring hundreds of personalities
into another person.

Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com>
http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html
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