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Kieran Mullen06 Oct 1998, 23:45original as archived

Is there a FAQ? I think we need one for some important plot points such as "Who is Severian's mother?" and "Who is Dorcas?" and "Who is Severian's Father?" A completely unrelated point: Do you believe the wounded soldier in CotA is really Jonas returned? Severian thinks so, but that doesn't mean that he's right. I just never found Sev's reasoning very persuasive. Kieran Mullen

Peter Westlake07 Oct 1998, 09:14original as archived

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At 23:45 1998-10-06 -0500, you wrote: Is there a FAQ? I think we need one for some important plot points such as "Who is Severian's mother?" and "Who is Dorcas?" and "Who is Severian's Father?" A completely unrelated point: Do you believe the wounded soldier in CotA is really Jonas returned? Severian thinks so, but that doesn't mean that he's right. I just never found Sev's reasoning very persuasive.

I'm very taken with prion's theory that Severian is recreating people from memory, rather like the creation of an aquastor. See his post (from the account "mary whalen") on 1998-08-01. Under this theory Severian would be "rewriting" the soldier's mind to match his (S's) memory of Jonas, which would account for it taking such a long time. Read the original mail; it's very good. Spectacled Bear.