Urth Digest, Vol 71, Issue 41

Tim O'Donnell06 Jul 2010, 14:38as archived

Borski would approve ______ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:19:09 -0400 From: John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com> To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> Subject: Re: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind Message-ID: <AANLkTilweydKi9Cl3zaFguG1CpjoFV9VBe5lBLOTzGHD at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Wait a minute now. Severian goes out of his way to heal the girl in Sword of the Lictor. That was an unusual display of compassion/interest for Severian, and we've only routinely seen him so interest in women for one reason. So Severian is himself Inire. And healing a young girl who was head/near-dying is pretty much a direct reference to the Talitha cumi incident. So Severian is Inire and Jesus as well. And Lewis Carroll. (Note--Talitha cumi, or Talitha cum*aean*? The pun is a bit too on-the-nose. Maybe the Cumaean is also the girl Severian raised, through time travel? Sure, one's a girl and one's a...snaky thing, but given the Tzadkiel precedent and the abundance of masks I feel this is a valid possibility.) Now, there was also an X-Files episode called Talitha Cumi, but unless Gene himself is time-travelling (which I suppose we can't rule out, given Peace) I doubt it could have any connection to the Book of the New Sun, despite the character who heals people miraculously, the concealed identities, the hidden aliens, and the missing family members. Actually, maybe I need to check *Peace *out again...

Jane Delawney06 Jul 2010, 22:46as archived

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On 06/07/10 15:38, Tim O'Donnell wrote: Borski would approve

Which is either a a recommendation or a warning. have to say I find quite a number of Borski's interpretations more than somewhat fanciful. Was intending to ask about this on list but Tim got in there ahead of me - making me wonder if there might be a 'consensus' regarding Borski ... if he's on this list I have missed him, Ohai Robert if you're out there, I have read your stuff with huge amounts of interest but also some skepticism! As usual modifying the header because if I don't I will not receive my post on list or otherwise, stoopid ISP :) jd

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______ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:19:09 -0400 From: John Watkins<john.watkins04 at gmail.com> To: The Urth Mailing List<urth at lists.urth.net> Subject: Re: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind Message-ID: <AANLkTilweydKi9Cl3zaFguG1CpjoFV9VBe5lBLOTzGHD at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Wait a minute now. Severian goes out of his way to heal the girl in Sword of the Lictor. That was an unusual display of compassion/interest for Severian, and we've only routinely seen him so interest in women for one reason. So Severian is himself Inire. And healing a young girl who was head/near-dying is pretty much a direct reference to the Talitha cumi incident. So Severian is Inire and Jesus as well. And Lewis Carroll. (Note--Talitha cumi, or Talitha cum*aean*? The pun is a bit too on-the-nose. Maybe the Cumaean is also the girl Severian raised, through time travel? Sure, one's a girl and one's a...snaky thing, but given the Tzadkiel precedent and the abundance of masks I feel this is a valid possibility.) Now, there was also an X-Files episode called Talitha Cumi, but unless Gene himself is time-travelling (which I suppose we can't rule out, given Peace) I doubt it could have any connection to the Book of the New Sun, despite the character who heals people miraculously, the concealed identities, the hidden aliens, and the missing family members. Actually, maybe I need to check *Peace *out again... _______________________________________________