(urth) Prior Race On Blue And Green

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On the other hand, a history of the Freemasons that did not mention the
Templars would be incomplete, to say the least....



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>> Maybe it's not that important for an understanding of the novel as you
>> say, but neither are the discussions regarding the geography of Urth at
>> Severian's time or if the geologic evidence fits the descriptions. Maybe
>> we should stop discussing those too?
>>
>> Pedro
>
> Maybe so, actually. A serious case could be made for it. In the end the
> penchant for "trivia" and puzzle-solving is inherent to this list, though,
> and while the answers to those types of questions are not particularly
> important they can still be mildly interesting.
>
> The odd thing about the Blue = Urth hypothesis that makes it akin to a
> Templar conspiracy theory - well, there are a few odd things about it -
> is, first of all, that it is sometimes put forward as an interpretive key
> to understanding *everything*. The hypothesis, at least the way it's often
> presented, requires a massive reinterpretation not only of the Long
> Sun/Short Sun books but also of BotNS, and this in itself gives one pause
> because we know to a reasonable degree of certainty that Wolfe did not
> have Long Sun/Short Sun written or even thought-of when he was writing
> BotNS.
>
> Another odd feature of the Blue = Urth theory is that its proponents often
> put it forward as unfalsifiable; there is no piece of evidence that could
> possibly disprove it. And any piece of evidence that seems to go against
> it is reinterpreted in a light that is at least compatible with the theory
> or possibly even evidence for its truth. The twists and leaps of logic
> required are often brilliant in their own right - but then again so are
> some of the ones used to justify Templar conspiracy theories.
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