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Key to the Universe
Kevin Taylor · 28 Mar 1998, 15:25
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From: "Kevin Taylor" <mothman at peak.org> Subject: (urth) Key to the Universe Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:25:42 Message-ID: <urth-v0008-0679 at digest.urth.net> X-Urthmirror-Source: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0008/0679.shtml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0017_01BD5A5D.C530A5C0" [Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other works] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BD5A5D.C530A5C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hello. Since I'm new to the list, I'll try and be brief; The thing I've = always wondered about most in BotNS is to be found in Citadel, Chpt. = XXXIV, p. 286-288 in which Severian recounts Master Malrubius' = explanation of the cyclical nature of the universe: Why is that the = first three paragraphs of this account repeat themselves on the next = page, then suddenly veer off in a new direction? I've always figured = this to be a typo, but then again, it could be deliberate inconsistency. = Has this ever been discussed before? Kevin ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BD5A5D.C530A5C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>hello. Since I'm new to the = list, I'll try=20 and be brief; The thing I've always wondered about most in BotNS is to = be found=20 in Citadel, Chpt. XXXIV, p. 286-288 in which Severian recounts Master = Malrubius'=20 explanation of the cyclical nature of the universe: Why is that the = first three=20 paragraphs of this account repeat themselves on the next page, then = suddenly=20 veer off in a new direction? I've always figured this to be a = typo, but=20 then again, it could be deliberate inconsistency. Has this ever = been=20 discussed before?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Kevin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BD5A5D.C530A5C0-- *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.urth.net/urth/
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