Severian and the skull

Andrew Bollen · 08 Jul 2003, 12:57 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: "Andrew Bollen" <abollen at internode.on.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Severian and the skull
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:57:24 +1000
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Christopher says:

> You can count me out. I've never believed the skull was of a former
Severian. I think that it is just an object which allows
> Severian to meditate on how many people he has killed to save Urth.

Me too!

I don't think relics of prototype Sev's or their worlds exist in our Sev's
world. At least, I don't see much reason to suppose they do.
Sev encountering his own corpse in UOTNS doesn't count, IMO: that was a
different kind of resurrection.

--=20

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