stealing apu punchau

Brandon Mason · 06 Jul 2003, 03:32 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: Brandon Mason <suck_at_life at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) stealing apu punchau
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 20:32:43 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis at siriusfiction.com>
wrote:
> Because I have a hard time envisioning the Claw as
> either a dumb object or
> as a mere "focus" for Severian's current/latent
> power, I tend to think
> (insist) that the Claw is the (hologramic,
> fragmentary; blood magic)
> presence of the "first Severian" that Severian is
> referring to in the
> passage: that is, the first Severian who, I believe
> we are told, did =3Dnot=3D
> possess the Claw.
>=20
> In this manner, by granting/denying miraculous
> powers at various junctures
> (revive this dead, fail to revive that one; cast a
> light now; etc.), the
> first Severian becomes, in part, author of the
> Severian we see.  Or
> semi-puppetmaster.

Very interesting.


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