(urth) [SPAM] Re: Appian

Jeff Wilson jwilson at io.com
Sun Aug 27 23:10:23 PDT 2006


Roy C. Lackey wrote:

> Jeff  Wilson quoted and wrote:
> 
>>>All in all, I think the preponderance of evidence suggests that Sancha's
>>>Appian was not the Old Autarch, and that the last four rulers of the
>>>Commonwealth were, in order, Appian, Maruthas, the Old Autarch and
> 
> Severian.
> 
>>>Sev, though he has all the guy's memories, goes out of his way *not* to
>>>mention the guy's name. Why? And what was the name?
>>
>>Considering the way Thecla's memories loom and threaten to take over
>>whenever she is called to mind, perhaps avoiding the old Autarch's
>>personal name is an attempt to keep *that* set of memories from taking
> 
> over?
> 
> She did take over at times, notably when Sev and the autarch were on the
> doomed flier. In fact, the autarch pulled a gun on her/him when it happened.
> That would have been a good time for Sev/Thecla to drop the guy's name --
> there was no good reason then not to reveal it, because all present knew
> what it was.

Perhaps it was mentioned then, but the narrator redacts the dialogue to 
avoid writing it, becasue he still has those memories lurking within.




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