Coo-coo-coo-roo

Doug Eigsti · 12 Apr 1997, 08:39 · from whorl-v0004.mbox · original

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From: douge at nti.com (Doug Eigsti)
Subject: Re: (whorl) Coo-coo-coo-roo
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 08:39:48
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[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

>=20
> Talon:
> > 	This citation, and Silk's progressive realization that the=20
> > Outsider is the "God of gods", leads me to believe that no mere mortal=20
> > could take on the role of the Outsider. The Conciliator may have been=20
> > worshiped but was not truly divine.
>=20
> I don't see how you can say that Severian is a mere mortal. Everything
> about him is progressively supernatural, he performs miraculous healings,
> is tested as a god, saves the Urth itself, walks the corridors of time,
> breathes water, convenes with angels, has his soul linked to a star--hey,
> what more do you want?
>=20
	I see Severian as a mere mortal that has put on immortality, and=20
other supernatural characteristics, through the workings of the=20
Increate/Pancreator, not through any innate qualities he may possess. His=20
elevated station is the result of divine intervention. He is the=20
Increate's chosen instrument, just as Silk is the Outsider's. (I had to=20
work in some Whorl content for Ranjit).


=3DTalon=3D

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