Severian, memory, alzabo

Chris · 09 Jul 2003, 18:09 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: "Chris" <rasputin_ at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Severian, memory, alzabo
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:09:22 +0000
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This is true, though the fact that they come to life within him seems uniqu=
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to Sev (regardless of which concoction he uses) rather than characteristic=20
of the autarch's drug. If I had to guess I would say that the difference=20
between the drugs is that *for a normal person* the memories gained from th=
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alzabo fade quickly and are lost, whereas the autarchs must retain more of=20
them and on more of a permanent basis. With Sev this difference doesn't see=
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to be so large.

Chris

>At 12:05 PM 7/9/2003, you wrote:
>>As a few people have said this, it may be worth pointing out that the=20
>>Autarchs do not use the alzebo drug to pass on their memories.  When the=20
>>Autarch has Severian kill him and eat his forebrain, he points out=20
>>specifically that the drug in the vial around his neck is not taken from=20
>>the alzebo, but is a rarer, better, and more powerful drug.
>>
>>--Don Palumbo
>
>And Sev does not just get their memories, any more than he just got=20
>Thecla's. They come to life in him. This is part of how he passes the=20
>trial.
>         I originally thought this was nod to Casher O'Neill in *On the=20
>Sand Planet* by C. Smith, who passes trials with the same benefit as gaine=
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>in *On the Wind Planet,* but Wolfe told me Smith was not an influence on=20
>him.
>
>Nutria
>
>
>--

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