The Mine in Saltus

Nicholas Gevers · 26 Apr 2003, 07:19 · from urth-v0304.mbox · original

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Subject: (urth) The Mine in Saltus
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:19:24 +0100 (BST)
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The matter of the entity in the mine in Saltus: I
think all the speculation has ignored the obvious. The
entity is Urth herself. When Severian brings the Claw
with him below ground, it shines what is, by proxy,
the light of the New Sun. The bowels of Urth react as
they will when the New Sun comes: with seismic
rumblings, premonitions of earthquake. The whole
episode is an omen of the foundering of continents
prophesied in Dr. Talos's Play and described in THE
URTH OF THE NEW SUN...

--Nick Gevers.

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