urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 6, Issue 10

Just to makr it clear, I never intended to suggest Gene Wolfe was in favour of slavery, just that his understanding of it in historical context was deeper than the usual one-sided view. Before the Severian dynasty gave citizenshop to all freemen in the Empire (212 AD),a slave in a good Roman household had more rights and social standing than most free non-Romans. Latro never saw Io as a slave, but that seems to be how she sees herself, albeit a slave who actually chooses her destiny. ===== http://prisoner143.50megs.com/ I am not a number I am a free person!