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Ken Burstall · 20 Jul 2003, 04:51 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: "Ken Burstall" <kenneth_burstall at excite.com>
Subject: (urth) various
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 00:51:19 -0400 (EDT)
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<delurk>
Apologies in advance in case my theories have already been discussed and de=
molished, although I haven't seen them in the archives.

I doubt that Silk=3DMalrubius.=20

I think that the real reason for Silk/Horn meeting with Severian is, firstl=
y, to provide a sort of Chapter Zero for tBotNS, an explanation for why Sev=
erian should have this itch to be good when his li
Another reason is how morally symmetrical it makes the book sequence - =20
Severian triumphs over possibly the worst upbringing devisable, Silk over a=
 genetic inheritance from hell (if you accept that Silk is a clone of Typho=
n).

Just some thoughts

We=E2=80=99ve been good.
We deserve a Van de Graaf Generator.
And a Tesla Coil.

(Teresa Neilsen-Hayden)
=20

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