Severian on trial

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 21 Mar 2005, 13:12 · from 2005-March.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:12:30 2005
Subject: (urth) Severian on trial
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:21:49 -0600, James Wynn <thewynns at earthlink.net> wrote:
> It seemed to me that we were on the verge of comparing Severian to
> Ozymandias in "The Watchman" graphic novel (a profoundly fascist work). I
> don't think they are at all similar.

Uhnnnh?

No. This is not a "profoundly facist" work. It is a profound work _about_
facism. 

Gaaaaah.

--Dan'l

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