Urth/Ushas/White Fountain

Rostrum: The first mention of Ushas is (if I recall correctly) in Dr. Talos' play, where one of the characters asserts that the new sun will cause the old continents to rise with their lost minerals and riches and a new race of monsters to appear. This Urth will then be called Ushas. [a long time ago in a list far away, I speculated that these monsters were inhumu and that Ushas/Lune = Blue/Green, the generation starship returns home to an alien world. sigh. Would that it were so] Adam:

I think there is something to that. But more importantly, there's also the whole issue of the Hierogrammates trying to ensure the appearance of their cognates, those beings which once did or will eventually give rise to the hierogrammates. Severian is referred to as the apotheosis of humanity. Humanity is being judged as to whether it is likely they could be the creators of the heirogrammates. If so, they will be forged between hammer and anvil of New Sun and Ushas. Kieran C. North West Labs Finisklin Industrial Estate Sligo Republic of Ireland Tel. +353 71 69441 Fax. +353 71 69451 email: kierannwn at tinet.ie