Book covers, Palaemon and Reading

Michael Doolittle · 07 May 1998, 18:13 · from urth-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "Michael Doolittle" <mdoolitt at hotmail.com>
Subject: (urth) Book covers, Palaemon and Reading
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 11:13:08 PDT
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First I want to say thanks everyone for the help on the book covers.  It=20
was a great help.

> Incidentally, Palaemon's behavior and words when he sends Severian on
> his way are very odd.  First he claims that Thrax is by the sea.  Then
> he tells Severian to pay attention to his good advice but remarks that
> Severian would probably forget it all.  Palaemon, who we are told
> elsewhere was fond of Severian for his perfect memory.

I think what Palaemon meant was not that Sev would literally forget, but=20
that the advice would "go in one ear and out the other", in the way that=20
young men often ignore the advice of their elders.

Mike

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