hut drama

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) hut drama
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:20:28 -0700
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There are some interesting comments about the mating of inhumu which might =
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fruitful.  In the beginning of Chapter 19 of RTTW, Juganu speaks of how the=20
inhumu must mate on Green because its water has the necessary life in it=20
necessary for their  incubation.  Silk identifies it as "a drama", in which=20
"they are the audience as well as the actors."  The inhumu act out certain=20
things to simulate reality.

The neighbors made Horn act out the drama of Severian in cleaning out the=20
sewers with a Black Blade, a claw-like light, and a watery redemption.  The=
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could have done it themselves, but he had to act out the role of savior.  B=
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cleaning out a sewer.  Why does Horn simulate the savior/destroyer of Urth?=
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Why do the inhumu simulate men's breeding practices to breed?  Does ontogen=
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recapitulate phylogeny here?  Does drama recaptiulate "myth" (which is=20
essentially indistinguishable from history in the various Sun books)?  And=20
what does that say about the ancient development of the inhumu and their ci=
ty?
Marc Aramini

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