Urth's Unknown Names

C R Culver · 27 Mar 1998, 02:49 · from urth-v0008.mbox · original

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From: C R Culver <CRCulver at aol.com>
Subject: (urth) Urth's Unknown Names
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 21:49:20 EST
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
s]

Just been thinking lately about secret, forgotten, or just plain unknown na=
mes
in the BotNS:

1) Hethor's real name
2) The real name of the town that forgot Fauna
3) Valeria's second husband (who *was* he? any ideas?)
4) The names of the planets beside Urth, Verthandi, Skuld, and Dis.
5) The names of the 17 Megatherians (doesn't really matter, though), or a
single member of the Group of Seventeen
6) The previous Lictor of Thrax.
7) Cyriaca's husband.
8) The name of Dorcas' ("Cas") husband.
9) The Cumaean's real name, if any.
10) The name (and purpose) of Baldanders' undine.

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

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